Arizona Laws 15-923. Contracts for transportation; requirement; report
A. As an alternative to maintaining and operating a transportation program or in conjunction with a transportation program, a school district, if it is found to be economically advantageous, may contract for vehicles and other transportation services. Contracts may be with another political subdivision, a common or contract carrier or a private party.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 15-923
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Eligible students: means :
(a) Students who are transported by or for a school district and who qualify as full-time students or fractional students, except students for whom transportation is paid by another school district or a county school superintendent, and:
(i) For common school students, whose place of actual residence within the school district is more than one mile from the school facility of attendance or students who are admitted pursuant to Section 15-816. See Arizona Laws 15-901
- Governing board: means a body organized for the government and management of the schools within a school district or a county school superintendent in the conduct of an accommodation school. See Arizona Laws 15-101
- Process: means a citation, writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- School district: means a political subdivision of this state with geographic boundaries organized for the purpose of the administration, support and maintenance of the public schools or an accommodation school. See Arizona Laws 15-101
- Submit electronically: means submitted in a format and in a manner prescribed by the department of education. See Arizona Laws 15-901
B. In order to expediently process contracts for the provision of transportation, a school district may select a preapproved contract carrier or private party that meets both of the following criteria:
1. Provides one or more of the following:
(a) Electric school buses.
(b) Electric school bus charging infrastructure.
(c) Charging and charging management services.
(d) Electric school bus services.
2. Has filed with and received approval from the school bus advisory council established by section 28-3053.
C. In addition to other powers and duties prescribed by Title 11, Chapter 2, Article 4, any board of supervisors, at the request of any or all of the governing boards of the school districts within the county, may provide necessary student transportation. If the board of supervisors and the governing board or boards of such school districts mutually agree that such an arrangement is economically advantageous, the governing board of the school district is authorized to sell or lease its bus or buses to the board of supervisors for such purposes. Agreement between the parties shall be by written contract.
D. An eligible student who is transported part by contract and part by school district transportation facilities may not be counted as more than one eligible student.
E. Miles driven to transport eligible students may not be reported as daily route miles by more than one school district.
F. Each school district shall submit electronically to the department of education a report regarding the routes contracted, the contractor contract information, the number of eligible students transported by each contractor and any additional information requested by the department of education.