Montana Code 20-10-112. Duties of superintendent of public instruction
20-10-112. Duties of superintendent of public instruction. In order to have a uniform and equal provision of transportation by all districts in the state of Montana, the superintendent of public instruction shall:
Terms Used In Montana Code 20-10-112
- Board of public education: means the board created by Article X, section 9, subsection (3), of the Montana constitution and 2-15-1507. See Montana Code 20-1-101
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- County superintendent: means the county government official who is the school officer of the county. See Montana Code 20-1-101
- district: means the territory, regardless of county boundaries, organized under the provisions of this title to provide public educational services under the jurisdiction of the trustees prescribed by this title. See Montana Code 20-6-101
- Individual transportation: means transportation by which a district is relieved of actually conveying a pupil. See Montana Code 20-10-101
- school: means an institution for the teaching of children that is established and maintained under the laws of the state of Montana at public expense. See Montana Code 20-6-501
- School bus: means , except as provided in subsection (5)(b), any motor vehicle that complies with the bus standards established by the board of public education as verified by the department of justice's semiannual inspection of school buses and the superintendent of public instruction and:
(i)is owned by a district or other public agency and operated for the transportation of pupils to or from school or owned by a carrier under contract with a district or public agency to provide transportation of pupils to or from school; or
(ii)is district-owned, is designed to carry 10 or fewer passengers, has an overall safety rating of five stars from the national highway traffic safety administration at the time of purchase, and is insured in accordance with minimum coverage requirements set forth in 20-10-109. See Montana Code 20-10-101
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
- Superintendent of public instruction: means that state government official designated as a member of the executive branch by the Montana constitution. See Montana Code 20-1-101
- Transportation: means :
(a)a district's conveyance of a pupil by a school bus between the pupil's legal residence or an officially designated bus stop and the school designated by the trustees for the pupil's attendance; or
(b)individual transportation. See Montana Code 20-10-101
- Trustees: means the governing board of a district. See Montana Code 20-1-101
(1)prescribe rules and forms for the implementation and administration of the transportation policies adopted by the board of public education;
(2)prescribe rules for the approval of school bus routing by the county transportation committee;
(3)prescribe the format of the contract for individual transportation and supply each county superintendent with a sufficient number of contracts;
(4)prescribe rules for the approval of individual transportation contracts, including the increases of the schedule rates because of isolation under the policy of the board of public education, and provide a degree-of-isolation chart to school district trustees to serve as a guide;
(5)approve, disapprove, or adjust all school bus routing submitted by the county superintendent;
(6)approve, disapprove, or adjust all individual transportation contracts submitted by the county superintendent;
(7)prescribe rules for the consideration of controversies appealed to the superintendent and rule on the controversies; and
(8)disburse the state transportation reimbursement in accordance with the provisions of law and the transportation policies of the board of public education.