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	Generally, LEAs that received funding in the prior fiscal year are eligible for funds.
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 SACS2010ALL Unaudited Actual Software: http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/sf/fr/
Eligible Grade Level(s)	Not applicable
Eligible Age Level(s)	0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, Adult

Funding

Legal Authority	Education Code sections 41850-41857; Budget Item 6110-111-0001(1)
Source / Type	State / Apportionment
State Fiscal Year	2010-11
SACS Resource/ Revenue Codes	7230, 7240 / 8311
Total Available	$491,261,000
Recipient Amount	For FY 2010-11, LEAs will receive an amount based on their prior year entitlement less approx 0.35%.
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. From this amount, subtract 0.35 percent.

Important Dates

Date Application Available	Unavailable
Due Date	Unavailable
Expected Notification Date	Unavailable

Additional Information

Application	Unavailable
Background	http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/aa/ca/pupiltransport.asp
Fiscal	http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/aa/ca/pupiltransport.asp
Funding Results	http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/r14/pthsse10result.asp
Other	Unavailable

Contacts

Program	Julie Klein Briggs Phone : 916-323-6191 E-mail : jbriggs@cde.ca.gov
Fiscal	Julie Klein Briggs Phone : 916-323-6191 E-mail : jbriggs@cde.ca.gov
Division	School Fiscal Services Division Phone : 916-327-0538 Fax : 916-327-4873