72-6491. Transportation of nonpublic school pupils. (a) Whenever any school district shall provide or furnish transportation under authority of this act for pupils attending the public schools, pupils residing in such school district attending private or parochial schools of elementary or high school grades which are accredited by the state board of education, who shall reside on or along the highway or street constituting the regular route of a school bus, or who shall gather at some place on the regular route nearest or most easily accessible to their homes or such schools, where such transportation is provided for pupils attending the public schools, shall be entitled to the privilege of such school bus transportation upon such regular route as arranged for the benefit of pupils attending public schools. For the purposes of this section, regular route shall not include any route arranged by the school district for the transportation of exceptional children to special education services.
(b) Whenever any school district shall provide or furnish transportation under authority of article 64 of chapter 72 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated for pupils attending the public schools, it may provide or furnish transportation for pupils residing in the district and attending private or parochial schools of elementary or high school grades which are accredited by the state board of education to such extent and upon such conditions as the school district shall deem appropriate. The authorization contained in this subsection (b) shall be in addition to the requirement provided in subsection (a) of this section.
(c) Whenever any school district shall provide or furnish transportation under authority of this section for pupils attending private or parochial schools, such transportation shall be provided or furnished to such pupils under the same terms and conditions as are imposed upon pupils attending the public schools.
History: L. 1968, ch. 401, § 6; L. 1978, ch. 304, § 1; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Article 64 - Student Transportation
72-6488 Transportation routes; regular school route.
72-6489 Contracts for transportation of certain students; mileage rates.
72-6490 Transportation for activities; rules and regulations for school bus operation.
72-6491 Transportation of nonpublic school pupils.
72-6492 Interschool district contracts for transportation.
72-6493 Compliance with uniform act regulating traffic on highways; additional regulation.
72-6494 Transportation of nonresident students; when authorized; conditions; limitations.
72-6496 Used school buses; purchaser's duty to modify; exceptions.
72-6497 Same; penalty for violations.
72-6499 School bus transportation for adult students; policy for provision authorized.
72-64,100 Transportation of pupils; use of school bus required; when.
72-64,101 Transportation of certain pupils from U.S.D. 207 to U.S.D. 453.