Policy 3720-1

Student Transportation

Guidelines for Transportation of Private School Students

Reviewed and affirmed by the Board:  1/26/2010
Last Revision: 
Original publish date: 
Related policies & regulations:  
Legal references:  Neb. Rev. Stat. section 79-601

  

In an effort to provide such transportation services as would be permissible under Nebraska statutes, the Lincoln Public Schools established the following guidelines for transportation of students who are residents of the Lincoln Public School District and attend approved, nonprofit private schools.

 

Private school students will only be eligible for transportation if they are residents of the District and would be eligible for transportation if they attended the public school and also meet the following criteria:

  1. Service qualifying under the statute shall be provided only after receipt by Lincoln Public Schools of the application adopted by the State Department of Education.
  2. Students who would not be eligible for transportation under policies of the District shall not gain eligibility by reason of their attendance at a private school.
  3. Service shall be provided only upon established “routes.”  “Route” is defined as the series of stops within the designated area with distinct boundaries for those students attending public school who are entitled to transportation, such qualification being based upon all established criteria including the grade levels for which transportation is provided upon such route. “Route” shall include the area of designated pickups to the school building to which such children are assigned. “Route” does not include the areas traveled prior to the commencement of the normal pickups or after children are delivered to the designated school building.
  4. Students who are eligible for such transportation shall be picked up at the pickup points designated for students attending public school. A stop on the route as close and accessible as possible to the school such student attends shall be provided at the point where such student shall be dropped off and picked up. In determining such point, a consideration shall be the ability to provide maximum safety.
  5. Transportation shall be provided for nonprofit private school children only at times when transportation is being provided for public school children. The hours or days for bus service shall not be altered by reason of the fact that services are provided students attending private school.
  6. The same rules for students and procedures for enforcing rules will be applied to private school students as are established for public school students.