(a) A school district that provides student transportation services for the transportation of students who reside a distance from established schools is eligible to receive funding for operating or subcontracting the operation of the transportation system for students to and from the schools within the student's transportation service area. Subject to appropriation, the amount of funding provided by the state for operating the student transportation system is the amount of a school district's ADM, less the ADM for the district's correspondence programs during the current fiscal year, multiplied by the per student amount for the school district as follows:DISTRICTPER STUDENT AMOUNT(2)(1) for the school for the school years beginning year beginning on or after July 1, 2011 July 1, 2012Alaska Gateway $2,081 $2,148Aleutians East311 321Anchorage435 449Annette Island182 188Bering Strait 48 50Bristol Bay2,6722,758Chatham 280 289Copper River1,5861,637Cordova335 346Craig423 437Delta/Greely1,6561,709Denali1,8081,866Dillingham1,2181,257Fairbanks817 843Galena255 263Haines626 646Hoonah298 308Iditarod211 218Juneau604 623Kake271 280Kashunamiut 5 5Kenai Peninsula 766 944Ketchikan 727 750Klawock 561,709Denali1,8081,866Dillingham1,2181,257Fairbanks817 843Galena255 263Haines626 646Hoonah298 308Iditarod211 218Juneau604 623Kake271 280Kashunamiut 5 5Kenai Peninsula 766 944Ketchikan 727 750Klawock 584 603Kodiak Island 799 825Kuspuk 654 675Lake and Peninsula 384 396Lower Kuskokwim 277 286Lower Yukon 1 1Matanuska-Susitna 910 939Nenana 587 606Nome 621 641North Slope1,1201,156Northwest Arctic 25 26Pelican 72 74Petersburg 374 386Saint Mary's 193 199Sitka 428 442Skagway 36 37Southeast Island1,1551,192Southwest Region 598 617Tanana 478 493Unalaska 648 669Valdez 735 759Wrangell 701 723Yakutat 744 768Yukon Flats 264 272Yukon/Koyukuk 299 309Yupiit 2 2. (b) The department shall adopt regulations that provide for oversight of and support to school districts in achieving a safe and cost-effective student transportation system. The regulations must include a requirement for contract terms of not less than three years, if feasible, standardized conditions and bid periods, and standards that ensure cost efficiencies and exclusions. (c) [Repealed, § 11 ch 9 SLA 2008.] (d) A school district that provides transportation services under this section shall provide transportation services to students cost efficiencies and exclusions. (c) [Repealed, § 11 ch 9 SLA 2008.] (d) A school district that provides transportation services under this section shall provide transportation services to students attending a charter school operated by the district under a policy adopted by the district. The policy must (1) be developed with input solicited from individuals involved with the charter school, including staff, students, and parents; (2) at a minimum, provide transportation services for students enrolled in the charter school on a space available basis along the regular routes that the students attending schools in an attendance area in the district are transported; and (3) be approved by the department. (e) If a school district fails to adopt a policy under (d) of this section, the school district shall allocate the amount received for each student under (a) of this section to each charter school operated by the district based on the number of students enrolled in the charter school. (f) Nothing in (d) of this section requires a school district to establish dedicated transportation routes for the exclusive use of students enrolled in a charter school or authorizes a charter school f) Nothing in (d) of this section requires a school district to establish dedicated transportation routes for the exclusive use of students enrolled in a charter school or authorizes a charter school to opt out of a policy adopted by a school district for the purpose of acquiring transportation funding. (g) In this section, (1) 'ADM' has the meaning given in AS 14.17.990; (2) 'district's ADM' means the sum of the ADMs in the district.
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