(a) Any school district may elect to provide transportation to any child attending grades kindergarten through grade eight (8), between the school the child attends and a before or after school licensed child care location. School districts which elect to provide transportation between schools and licensed child care locations are eligible to receive state reimbursement for transportation under the state school aid program. School districts shall promulgate policies and procedures to govern any transportation program which they elect to provide. (b) The department of elementary and secondary education shall urge all local school districts to ascertain the numbers of their students going to after school child care programs and investigate the feasibility of transporting children to licensed or certified child care providers within their district and within their established busing policy. History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 275, § 1; P.L. 1998, ch. 31, art. 11, § 8.
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