157.370 Allotment of transportation units. (1) In determining the cost of transportation for each district, the chief state school officer shall determine the average cost per pupil per day of transporting pupils in districts having a similar density of transported pupils per square mile of area served by not less than nine (9) different density groups. (2) The annual cost of transportation shall include all current costs for each district plus annual depreciation of pupil transportation vehicles calculated in accordance with the administrative regulations of the Kentucky Board of Education for such districts that operate district-owned vehicles. (3) The aggregate and average daily attendance of transported pupils shall include all public school pupils transported at public expense who live one (1) mile or more from school. Children with disabilities may be included who live less than this distance from school. The aggregate and average daily attendance referred to in this subsection shall be the aggregate and average daily attendance of transported pupils the prior year adjusted for current year increases in accordance with Kentucky Board of Education administrative regulations. (4) The square miles of area served by transportation shall be determined by subtracting from the total area in square miles of the district the area not served by transportation in accordance with administrative regulations of the Kentucky Board of Education. However, if one (1) district authorizes another district to provide transportation services for a part of its area, this area shall be deducted from the area served by the authorizing district and added to the area served by the district actually providing the transportation. (5) The density of transported pupils per square mile of area served for each district shall be determined by dividing the average daily attendance of transported pupils by the number of square miles of area served by transportation. (6) The chief state school officer shall determine the average cost per pupil per day of transporting pupils in districts having a similar density by constructing a smoothed graph of cost for the density groups required by subsection (1). This graph shall be used to construct a scale showing the average costs of transportation for districts having a similar density of transported pupils. Costs shall be determined separately for county school districts and independent school districts. No independent school district will receive an average cost per pupil per day in excess of the minimum received by any county district or districts. These costs shall be the costs per pupil per day of transported pupils included in the public school fund and these costs shall be recalculated each biennium. (7) The scale of transportation costs included in the fund to support education excellence in Kentucky for county and independent districts is determined in accordance with the provisions of KRS 157.310 to 157.440 for the biennium beginning July 1, 1990. (8) The cost of transporting a district's pupils from the parent school to a state vocational-technical school or to a vocational educational center shall be calculated separately from the calculation required by subsections (1) through (7) of this section. The amount calculated shall be paid separately to each district from program funds budgeted for vocational pupil transportation, as a reimbursement based on the district's cost for providing this service. The amount of reimbursement shall be calculated in accordance with Kentucky Board of Education administrative regulations. In the event that the appropriation for vocational pupil transportation in the biennial budget is insufficient to meet the total calculated cost of this service for all districts, the amount paid to each district shall be ratably reduced. For the purpose of this subsection, the parent school shall be interpreted to mean that school in which the pupil is officially enrolled in a district's public common school system. (9) The Kentucky Board of Education shall determine the type of pupil with a disability that qualifies for special type transportation to and from school. Those qualified pupils for which the district provides special type transportation shall have their aggregate days' attendance multiplied by five (5.0) and added to that part of the district's aggregate days' attendance that is multiplied by the district's adjusted cost per pupil per day in determining the district's pupil transportation program cost for allotment purposes. Effective: July 15, 1996 History: Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 362, sec. 6, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 405, sec. 25, effective July 15, 1994. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 476, sec. 98, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 155, sec. 82, effective June 17, 1978. -- Created 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 93, sec. 26, effective July 1, 1976. History for former KRS 157.370. Repealed 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 363, sec. 18, effective June 30, 1976. -- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 78, sec. 2, effective March 29, 1976. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 196, sec. 2, effective June 21, 1974; and ch. 265, sec. 4, effective June 21, 1974. -- Amended 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 372, sec. 5. -- Amended 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 145, sec. 4, effective June 16, 1960. -- Amended 1956 Ky. Acts ch. 107, sec. 8. -- Created 1954 Ky. Acts ch. 214, sec. 7. 2018-2020 Budget Reference. See State/Executive Branch Budget, 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 169, Pt. I, C, 1, (3) at 1306. Legislative Research Commission Note. Former KRS 157.370 (Enact. Acts 1954, ch. 214, sec. 7; 1956, ch. 106, sec. 8; 1960, ch. 145, sec. 4; 1972, ch. 372, sec. 5; 1974, ch. 196, sec. 2; 1974, ch. 265, sec. 4; 1976, ch. 78, sec. 2) was repealed by Acts 1974, ch. 363, sec. 18, effective June 30, 1976.