DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

TRANSPORTATION OF NONPUBLIC SCHOOL CHILDREN

(By authority conferred on the superintendent of public instruction by section 1322 of

1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1322; and Executive Reorganization Order No. 1996-7, MCL

388.994)

R 340.281 Transporting pupils within district only; exceptions; private car.

Rule 1. (1) All of the following apply if a school district transports pupils within the

district but does not transport public school pupils outside the district, other than students

with a disability:

(a) The school district may transport resident nonpublic school pupils to points within

the district for transportation out of the district to state-approved nonpublic schools.

(b) The school district may transport resident nonpublic school pupils to points within

the district for re-transportation within the district to state-approved nonpublic schools.

and resident nonpublic school pupils requires the school bus to travel from 1 part of the

district through a portion of another district back into the district, the school district may

transport nonpublic schoolchildren to and from the point along the regular route nearest

or most accessible to a state-approved nonpublic school in the other district.

(d) The board of education of the school district shall not establish the attendance areas

of nonpublic schools.

(e) The board of education of the school district shall request in writing from state-

approved nonpublic school officials the information necessary for planning for the

transportation of nonpublic schoolchildren. The nonpublic school officials shall furnish

the information requested in writing.

(f) The board of education of the school district shall establish bus routes, bus time

schedules, and school bus policies for all pupils transported.

(g) The board of education of the school district shall review with state-approved

nonpublic school officials prior to opening of schools the bus routes, bus time schedules,

and school bus policies established. The board of education may modify the bus routes,

bus time schedules, and bus policies.

(h) The board of education of the school district may contract for transportation by

private car for transportation of schoolchildren within the district whenever the board of

education determines that the cost is excessive for transportation by bus of children living

in locations isolated from their schools.

(2) As used in this rule, “private car” means a privately owned vehicle with a passenger

capacity, including the driver, of 10 or less.

History: 1979 AC; 2012 AACS; 2018 AACS.

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R 340.282 Transporting resident pupils to schools outside district; private car.

Rule 2. (1) All of the following apply if a school district transports any of its resident

pupils, other than students with a disability, to schools outside of the district:

(a) Whenever a school district transports resident pupils from grades closed or not

operated in the district to a school or schools outside of the district, it shall also transport

resident nonpublic school pupils in the same grades to state-approved nonpublic schools

outside of the district, at least to the distance of the public schools located outside of the

district and in the same general direction.

(b) The board of education of the school district may contract for transportation by

private car for transportation of schoolchildren outside the district whenever the board of