(a) A district may establish a regular pupil transportation route if:
- (1) eight or more pupils reside more than one and one-half miles from the attendance center to be served by the route, measured from the closest point of the school property to the closest point of the residence property; and
- (2) the entire route is over regularly maintained roads, having at least a gravel surface, that are under the supervision and all-weather maintenance of the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, a public utility district, a municipality, a borough service area, or any other agency supported by public funds; adequate turnaround space for transportation vehicles must be available on the route.
(b) A transportation route must be free from duplicate mileage unless
- (1) the pickup point requiring the duplicate mileage serves at least three pupils and is at least one mile in one direction from the main route; or
- (2) the pickup point requiring the duplicate mileage serves 15 or more pupils.
- (c) Kindergarten pupils maybe included in any regular pupil transportation route. However, special runs for transporting only kindergarten pupils to and from school are not an eligible expenditure.
(Eff. 7/25/2014, Register 211)
Authority: AS 14.07.020, AS 14.07.030, AS 14.07.060, AS 14.09.010