Adelanto ESD
Administrative Regulation
AR 3541.2
Business and Noninstructional Operations

Transportation For Students With Disabilities
IEP teams or Section 504 committees shall authorize appropriate special transportation to and from school for students who have:

1. An orthopedic or other physical disability or handicap that significantly impairs mobility.

2. A severe sensory impairment, such as full or partial blindness or deafness, which puts their safety and well-being at risk.

3. A significant delay in social, emotional or cognitive development, as documented by appropriate assessment data, which puts their safety and well-being at risk.

Students eligible for special transportation for one of the above reasons may receive such transportation to and/or from a child care provider located within the district.

The district shall provide special transportation to and from alternative sites or clinics where the student is scheduled to receive a related service included in the student's IEP.

Special education students who do not meet any of the above criteria may use regular home-to-school transportation. A student who would otherwise not be eligible for special transportation may receive such transportation if assigned to a site other than his/her neighborhood school for the purpose of receiving special education.

Students admitted to a special education program in the district on an interdistrict transfer agreement must, as a condition of attendance, arrange for the district or SELPA of residence to provide any necessary transportation.

Guide dogs, signal dogs and service dogs trained to provide assistance to disabled persons may be transported in a school bus when accompanied by disabled students, disabled teachers or persons training the dogs. (Education Code 38057)

When authorizing special transportation for students with disabilities, the individualized education program (IEP) team or Section 504 committee shall consider, at a minimum, all of the following:

1. The student's safety and health needs

2. The extent to which transportation arrangements may help the student develop independent mobility skills

3. The student's difficulty in using regular transportation services

4. The coordination of regular and special transportation

(cf. 6159 - Individualized Education Program (IEP))


Disabled students who do not meet any of the above criteria may use regular home-to-school transportation.

(cf. 3540 - Transportation)



Regulation ADELANTO SCHOOL DISTRICT
approved: May 5, 1998 Adelanto, California

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