- (1) "ADA" means average daily attendance.
- (2) "ADM" means average daily membership.
- (3) "AFR" means a school district's annual financial report, one component of which is the AFR for all pupil transportation costs.
- (4) "Annual Program Report" or "APR" has the same meaning as defined in Section R277-484-2.
(5)(a) "Approved costs" means the Board approved costs of transporting eligible students from home to school to home once each day, after-school routes, approved routes for students with disabilities and vocational students attending school outside their regularly assigned attendance boundary, and a portion of the bus purchase prices.
- (b) All approved costs are adjusted by the Superintendent consistent with a Board approved formula per the annual legislative transportation appropriation.
- (6) "Child access routing plan" means the annual plan submitted to the Department of Transportation as outlined in Subsection 53G-4-402(19)(c).
- (7) "Deadhead miles" means miles traveled while operating a bus with no passengers on board.
- (8) "Extended school year" or "ESY" means an extension of the school district or charter school traditional school year to provide special education and related services to a student with a disability, in accordance with the student's IEP, and at no cost to the student's parent or guardian.
- (9) "Hazardous" means in a state of danger or potential danger, which may result in injury or death.
- (10) "Local school board" means a local school district board of education.
- (11) "Multipurpose passenger vehicle" or "MPV" means any motor vehicle with less than ten passenger positions, including the driver's position, which cannot be certified as a bus.
- (12) "Public route" means a road, thoroughfare, walkway, or highway.
- (13) "Pupil Transportation Schedule A1" means a report submitted annually to the Superintendent covering all estimated miles and minutes of to and from pupil transportation within an LEA.
KEY: school buses, school transportation
Date of Last Change: February 9, 2026
Notice of Continuation: March 16, 2026
Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: Art X Sec 3; 53E-3-501(1)(d); 53E-3-401(4); 53F-2-415; 53F-2-403