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citation: "25 C.F.R. §§ 39.702–39.708"
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url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/39.702..39.708"
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# §39.702. Can a school receive funds to transport residential students using commercial transportation?


A school transporting students by commercial bus, train, airplane, or other commercial modes of transportation will be funded at the cost of the commercial ticket for:

- (a) The trip from home to school in the Fall;
- (b) The round-trip return home at Christmas; and
- (c) **The return trip home at the end of the school year.**

# §39.703. What ground transportation costs are covered for students traveling by commercial transportation?


This section applies only if a school transports residential students by commercial bus, train or airplane from home to school. The school may receive funds for the ground miles that the school has to drive to deliver the students or their luggage from the bus, train, or plane terminal to the school.


# §39.704. Are schools eligible to receive chaperone expenses to transport residential students?


Yes. Schools may receive funds for actual chaperone expenses, excluding salaries, during the transportation of students to and from home at the beginning and end of the school year and at Christmas.


# §39.705. Are schools eligible for transportation funds to transport special education students?


Yes. A school that transports a special education student from home to a treatment center and back to home on a daily basis as required by the student's Individual Education Plan may count those miles for day student funding.


# §39.706. Are peripheral dormitories eligible for day transportation funds?


Yes. If the peripheral dormitory is required to transport dormitory students to the public school, the dormitory may count those miles driven transporting students to the public school for day transportation funding.


# §39.707. Which student transportation expenses are currently not eligible for Student Transportation Funding?

- (a) The following transportation expenses are currently not eligible for transportation funding, however the data will be collected under the provisions in this subpart:
  - (1) Fuel and maintenance runs;
  - (2) Transportation home for medical or other emergencies;
  - (3) Transportation from school to treatment or special services programs;
  - (4) Transportation to after-school programs; and
  - (5) Transportation for day and boarding school students to attend instructional programs less than full-time at locations other than the school reporting the mileage.
- (b) **Examples of after-school programs covered by paragraph (a)(4) of this section include—**
  - (1) Athletics;
  - (2) Band;
  - (3) Detention;
  - (4) Tutoring, study hall and special classes; and
  - (5) **Extra-curricular activities such as arts and crafts.**

# §39.708. Are miles generated by non-ISEP eligible students eligible for transportation funding?


No. Only miles generated by ISEP-eligible students enrolled in and attending a school are eligible for student transportation funding.