Transportation

We had an inquiry on the blog for an FAQ regarding transit time for a child with a disability on a bus. There is a previous post regarding transportation dated August 6. You can always search this blog using the tags or the search box in the left hand navigation links.

However, we did not cite the actual language in Article 7 in the last post, so here it is:

Whenever the transit time of a student with a disability exceeds the transit time of nondisabled

students of comparable age in the same school corporation or charter school, the school corporation of legal settlement or charter school shall place a written student-specific justification for the excess transit time in each affected student's record. A local policy limiting transit time is applicable to students with disabilities.

If you are discussing this at a case conference and the school refuses to shorten the bus ride time, you should request Prior Written Notice-requiring the school to put in writing why the transit time can not be shortened.

Since it is already outlined in the law, you could also consider filing a complaint with the DOE. You can do that online here.

You can always contact IN*SOURCE with questions related to special education law.