Pupil Transportation: Home-to-School and Special Education

Home-to-school (HS) and severely disabled/orthopedically impaired (SD/OI) transportation funding is available to eligible local educational agencies (LEAs) to reimburse them for the approved cost of transporting pupils to and from school.

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants	Local educational agencies
Required Eligibility Criteria	Only local educational agencies (LEAs) that received funding in the prior fiscal year are eligible.
Other Eligibility Considerations	LEAs must report the HS and SD/OI transportation costs via the annual report of pupil transportation form (Form TRAN) in the SACS2006ALL Unaudited Actual Software: http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/sf/fr/
Eligible Grade Level(s)	Pre-K, K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, Adult
Eligible Age Level(s)	Not applicable

Funding

Legal Authority	Education Code sections 41850 - 41857; Budget Item 6110-111-0001(1), and Section 38(a)(4) of Senate Bill 80 (Chapter 174, Statutes of 2007).
Source / Type	State / Apportionment
State Fiscal Year	2008-09
SACS Resource/ Revenue Codes	7230, 7240 / 8311
Total Available	$582,740,000
Recipient Amount	Based on prior year allowance.
Match Requirement	No
Allocation Formula	The entitlement for each eligible LEA will be equal to the lesser of (1) the prior-year HS or SD/OI entitlement or (2) the prior-year's approved HS or SD/OI. transportation cost respectively. Funding is contingent upon the availability of funds in the Budget Act of 2008-09.

Important Dates

Date Application Available	Unavailable
Due Date	Unavailable
Expected Notification Date	Unavailable

Additional Information

Application	Unavailable
Background	Unavailable
Fiscal	http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/aa/ca/pupiltransport.asp
Funding Results	http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/r14/pthsse08result.asp
Other	Unavailable

Contacts

Program	Austin Nodohara Phone : 916-323-1314 E-mail : anodohar@cde.ca.gov
Fiscal	Janice Huarte Phone : 916-322-9128 E-mail : jhuarte@cde.ca.gov
Division	School Fiscal Services Division Phone : 916-327-0538 Fax : 916-327-4873