Montana Code Annotated
Part 1. School Buses and Transportation
20-10-122. Discretionary provision of transportation and payment for this transportation

20-10-122. Discretionary provision of transportation and payment for this transportation. (1) The trustees of a district may provide school bus transportation to any pupil of a public school who is not an eligible transportee of the district:
(a) on a school bus conveying eligible transportees when the ineligible transportee will not displace an eligible transportee from the school bus because of the lack of seating capacity;
(b) on a school bus operated by the district for the sole purpose of providing transportation for ineligible transportees. The school bus must service those children living the greatest distance from the school to be attended.
(c) on a school bus operated for the purpose of relieving congestion in a school building or to avoid the necessity of erecting a new building or for any other reasons of economy or convenience.
(2) When the trustees of a district provide school bus transportation to an ineligible transportee under the conditions of subsection (1)(a) or (1)(b), the district may charge each ineligible transportee a proportionate share, as determined by the trustees, of the cost of operating the school bus. Money realized from the payments must be deposited to the credit of the transportation fund.
History: En. 75-7009 by Sec. 286, Ch. 5, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 75-7009; amd. Sec. 319, Ch. 56, L. 2009.

Structure Montana Code Annotated

Montana Code Annotated

Title 20. Education

Chapter 10. Transportation and Food Services

Part 1. School Buses and Transportation

20-10-101. Definitions

20-10-102. School bus requirements

20-10-103. School bus driver qualifications

20-10-104. Penalty for violating law or rules

20-10-105. Determination of residence

20-10-106. Determination of mileage distances

20-10-107. Power of trustees

20-10-108. Two-way radio operation

20-10-109. Liability insurance for school bus

20-10-110. School bus purchase -- contract -- bids

20-10-111. Duties of board of public education

20-10-112. Duties of superintendent of public instruction

20-10-113. through 20-10-120 reserved

20-10-121. Duty of trustees to provide transportation -- types of transportation -- bus riding time limitation

20-10-122. Discretionary provision of transportation and payment for this transportation

20-10-123. Provision of transportation for nonpublic school children

20-10-124. Private party contract for transportation -- individual transportation contract

20-10-125. Bid letting for contract bus -- payments under transportation contract

20-10-126. Establishment of transportation service areas

20-10-127. Repealed

20-10-128. Repealed

20-10-129. Transportation for special activities

20-10-130. reserved

20-10-131. County transportation committee membership

20-10-132. Duties of county transportation committee

20-10-133. through 20-10-140 reserved

20-10-141. Schedule of maximum reimbursement by mileage rates

20-10-142. Schedule of maximum reimbursement for individual transportation

20-10-143. Budgeting for transportation and transmittal of transportation contracts

20-10-144. Computation of revenue and net tax levy requirements for district transportation fund budget

20-10-145. State transportation reimbursement

20-10-146. County transportation reimbursement

20-10-147. Bus depreciation reserve fund

20-10-148. Cost-effectiveness analysis required before purchase of small school bus