DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION  
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION  
FEES FOR TRANSPORTING PUPILS TO OR FROM NONMANDATORY  
AND NONCREDIT EVENTS  
(By authority conferred on the superintendent of public instruction by section 10(b) of  
1964 PA 287, MCL 388.1010(b); section 9 of 1990 PA 187, MCL 257.1809; section  
1332 of 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1332; and Executive Reorganization Orders 1996-6 and  
1996-7, MCL 388.993 and MCL 388.994)  
R 340.241 Definitions.  
Rule 1. As used in R 340.242:  
(a) “Noncredit event” means an activity that pupils are not required to attend in order to  
receive full credit for a prescribed course of study or to earn a higher grade in a particular  
course.  
(b) “Nonmandatory event” means an activity in which pupils are engaged of their own  
volition and that does not in any way affect promotion from grade to grade or high school  
graduation.  
History: 1979 AC; 2018 AACS.  
R 340.242 Calculation of charge.  
Rule 2. The board of education of a school district may collect a fee for transporting  
district pupils to or from nonmandatory and noncredit events sponsored by the school  
district. The fee charged to each pupil must not exceed the pupil’s pro rata share of the  
expenses for the trip involved. The board of education of a school district shall calculate  
each pupil’s pro rata share of the trip expenses by adding all of the following costs and  
dividing the total by the number of pupils to be transported:  
(a) The cost per mile for the travel of the school bus multiplied by the number of miles  
to be traveled on the trip.  
(b) The increased cost of insurance necessary because of the trip.  
(c) The actual cost of the salary of drivers for the trip, including the time spent driving,  
waiting for pupils to board and leave the bus, and waiting for pupils at the trip  
destination.  
(d) The actual cost of the salary of attendants and chaperones employed for supervision  
of pupils during the trip.  
(e) The trip expenses of drivers, attendants, and chaperones, including lodging, meals,  
necessary telephone calls, and gratuities.  
History: 1979 AC; 2018 AACS.  
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R 340.243 Reduced charge or free passage.  
Rule 3. Although a school district may charge costs of transportation as determined in R  
340.242, it is not required to make any charge or to make a full charge. A school district  
may permit free passage to pupils unable to pay the charge.  
History: 1979 AC.  
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