Utah Admin. Code R277-600-11 - Exceptions
(1)
(a)
When undue hardships and inequities are created through exact application of
these standards, a school district may request an exception to this rule from
the Superintendent for individual cases.
(b) Hardships or inequities under Subsection
(1)(a) may include written evidence demonstrating that no significant increased
costs, less than 1% of a school district's transportation budget, is incurred
due to a waiver or that students cannot be provided services consistent with
the law due to transportation exigencies.
(2) A school district may not be penalized in
the computation of its state allocation for the presence on an approved to and
from school route of an ineligible student who does not create an appreciable
increase in the cost of the route.
(3) There is an appreciable increase in cost
under Subsection (2) if, because of the presence of ineligible students, any of
the following occurs:
(a) another route is
required;
(b) a larger or
additional bus is required;
(c) a
route's mileage is increased;
(d)
the number of pick-up points below the mileage limits for eligible students
exceeds one; and
(e) significant
additional time is required to complete a route.
(4)
(a) An
ineligible student may ride a school bus on a space available basis.
(b) An eligible student may not be displaced
or required to stand in order to make room for an ineligible student.
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