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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
STATE AID FOR TRANSPORTATION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN
Filed with the Secretary of State on November 29, 2012
These rules take effect immediately upon filing with the Secretary of State unless adopted under section 33, 34, 45a(6), or 48 of 1969 PA 306. Rules adopted under these sections become effective 7 days after filing with the Secretary of State.
(By authority conferred on the superintendent of public instruction by sections 1701 and 1703 of 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1701 and MCL 380.1703 and Executive Reorganization Order Nos. 1996-6 and 1996-7, MCL 388.993 and MCL 388.994)
R 388.371, R 388.381 and R 388.383 of the Michigan Administrative Code are amended;
R 388.372, R 388.374, R 388.377, R 388.382, R 388.386, R 388.387 and R 388.388 are rescinded from
the Code as follows:
R 388.371 Definitions.
Rule 1. As used in these rules:
(a) "Act" means 1979 PA 94, MCL 388.1601 to MCL 388.1896.
(b) "Department" means the department of education.
(c) "Specialized transportation services" means transportation services provided in vehicles for the exclusive use of special education students.
R 388.372 Rescinded.
R 388.374 Reporting requirements for specialized transportation services.
Rule 4. (1) For each day during the first full school week in which pupils are counted in membership under section 6 of 1979 PA 94, MCL 388.1606, for each vehicle exclusively providing special education pupil transportation for which funding is requested, a school district or intermediate school district shall collect, on a form provided by the department, all of the following information:
(a) The fleet number and route number of the vehicle.
(b) The miles the vehicle travels each day transporting special education pupils to schools, starting at the bus storage area or beginning of the route and ending at the school building where the students exit or other storage area.
(c) The number of special education pupils actually transported to school each day.
(d) The name of the aide, if any, serving on the special education vehicle.
(2) The forms shall be retained by the school district or intermediate school district for 3 years.
(3) A school district may, at its own option, collect and submit information during the first full school week of February and during the last full school week of June of each year.
R 388.377 Rescinded.
R 388.381 Allowance for private contractors or common carriers.
Rule 11. (1) School districts and intermediate school districts providing transportation to and from school by employing private contractors or common carriers and requesting funding for the transportation shall provide the information requested in R 388.374 and R 388.379.
(2) The allocation for amortization shall be determined by the department. R 388.382 Rescinded.
R 388.383 Eligibility for specialized transportation services.
Rule 13. A student with a disability shall be eligible for specialized transportation services when the student is unable to be transported in a regular vehicle.
R
388.386
Rescinded.
R
388.387
Rescinded.
R
388.388
Rescinded.
