53A-2-213 - Intradistrict transfers for students impacted by boundary changes -- Transportation of students who transfer within a district. - Utah Statutes

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53A-2-213. Intradistrict transfers for students impacted by boundary changes --Transportation of students who transfer within a district.
(1) (a) In adjusting school boundaries, a local school board shall strive to avoid requiringcurrent students to change schools and shall, to the extent reasonably feasible, accommodateparents who wish to avoid having their children attend different schools of the same levelbecause of boundary changes which occur after one or more children in the family beginattending one of the affected schools.
(b) In granting interdistrict and intradistrict transfers to a particular school, the localschool board shall take into consideration the fact that an applicant's brother or sister is attendingthe school or another school within the district.
(2) (a) A district shall receive transportation money under Sections 53A-17a-126 and53A-17a-127 for resident students who enroll in schools other than the regularly assigned schoolon the basis of the distance from the student's residence to the school the student would haveattended had the intradistrict attendance option not been used.
(b) The parent or guardian of the student shall arrange for the student's transportation toand from school, except that the district shall provide transportation on the basis of availablespace on an approved route within the district to the school of the student's attendance if thestudent would be otherwise eligible for transportation to the same school from that point on thebus route and the student's presence does not increase the cost of the bus route.

Amended by Chapter 346, 2008 General Session

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53A-2-213. Intradistrict transfers for students impacted by boundary changes --Transportation of students who transfer within a district.
(1) (a) In adjusting school boundaries, a local school board shall strive to avoid requiringcurrent students to change schools and shall, to the extent reasonably feasible, accommodateparents who wish to avoid having their children attend different schools of the same levelbecause of boundary changes which occur after one or more children in the family beginattending one of the affected schools.
(b) In granting interdistrict and intradistrict transfers to a particular school, the localschool board shall take into consideration the fact that an applicant's brother or sister is attendingthe school or another school within the district.
(2) (a) A district shall receive transportation money under Sections 53A-17a-126 and53A-17a-127 for resident students who enroll in schools other than the regularly assigned schoolon the basis of the distance from the student's residence to the school the student would haveattended had the intradistrict attendance option not been used.
(b) The parent or guardian of the student shall arrange for the student's transportation toand from school, except that the district shall provide transportation on the basis of availablespace on an approved route within the district to the school of the student's attendance if thestudent would be otherwise eligible for transportation to the same school from that point on thebus route and the student's presence does not increase the cost of the bus route.

Amended by Chapter 346, 2008 General Session

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53A-2-213. Intradistrict transfers for students impacted by boundary changes --Transportation of students who transfer within a district.
(1) (a) In adjusting school boundaries, a local school board shall strive to avoid requiringcurrent students to change schools and shall, to the extent reasonably feasible, accommodateparents who wish to avoid having their children attend different schools of the same levelbecause of boundary changes which occur after one or more children in the family beginattending one of the affected schools.
(b) In granting interdistrict and intradistrict transfers to a particular school, the localschool board shall take into consideration the fact that an applicant's brother or sister is attendingthe school or another school within the district.
(2) (a) A district shall receive transportation money under Sections 53A-17a-126 and53A-17a-127 for resident students who enroll in schools other than the regularly assigned schoolon the basis of the distance from the student's residence to the school the student would haveattended had the intradistrict attendance option not been used.
(b) The parent or guardian of the student shall arrange for the student's transportation toand from school, except that the district shall provide transportation on the basis of availablespace on an approved route within the district to the school of the student's attendance if thestudent would be otherwise eligible for transportation to the same school from that point on thebus route and the student's presence does not increase the cost of the bus route.

Amended by Chapter 346, 2008 General Session