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AN ACT concerning school districts; authorizing the collection of fees for
     transportation of pupils; prescribing
  limitations; amending K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 72-8302 and repealing the existing
     section.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
  Section 1.  K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 72-8302 is hereby amended to read as follows:
     72-8302. (a) The board of
education of a school district may provide or furnish transportation for pupils
     who reside in the school district
to or from any school of the school district or to or from any school of another
     school district attended by such
pupils in accordance with the provisions of an agreement entered into under
     authority of K.S.A. 72-8233, and
amendments thereto.
  (b) (1)  When any or all of the conditions specified in this provision exist,
     the board of education of a school
district shall provide or furnish transportation for pupils who reside in the
     school district and who attend any
school of the school district or who attend any school of another school
     district in accordance with the provisions
of an agreement entered into under authority of K.S.A. 72-8233, and amendments
     thereto. The conditions
which apply to the requirements of this provision are as follows:
  (A)  The residence of the pupil is inside or outside the corporate limits of
     a city, the school building attended
 is outside the corporate limits of a city and the school building attended is
     more than 21/2 miles by the usually
traveled road from the residence of the pupil; or
  (B)  the residence of the pupil is outside the corporate limits of a city,
     the school building attended is inside
 the corporate limits of a city and the school building attended is more than
     21/2 miles by the usually traveled
road from the residence of the pupil; or
  (C)  the residence of the pupil is inside the corporate limits of one city,
     the school building attended is inside
 the corporate limits of a different city and the school building attended is
     more than 21/2 miles by the usually
traveled road from the residence of the pupil.
  (2)  The provisions of this subsection are subject to the provisions of
     subsections (c) and (d).
  (c)  The board of education of every school district is authorized to adopt
     rules and regulations to govern
the conduct, control and discipline of all pupils while being transported in
     school buses. The board may suspend
or revoke the transportation privilege or entitlement of any pupil who violates
     any rules and regulations adopted
by the board under authority of this subsection.
  (d)  The board of education of every school district may suspend or revoke
     the transportation privilege or
entitlement of any pupil who is detained at school at the conclusion of the
     school day for violation of any rules
and regulations governing pupil conduct or for disobedience of an order of a
     teacher or other school authority.
Suspension or revocation of the transportation privilege or entitlement of any
     pupil specified in this subsection
shall be limited to the school day or days on which the pupil is detained at
     school. The provisions of this
subsection do not apply to any pupil who has been determined to be an
     exceptional child, except gifted children,
under the provisions of the special education for exceptional children act.
  (e) (1)  Subject to the limitations specified in this subsection, the board
     of education of any school district
may prescribe and collect fees to offset, totally or in part, the costs incurred
     for the provision or furnishing of
transportation for pupils. The limitations which apply to the authorization
     granted by this subsection are as
follows:
  (A)  Fees for the provision or furnishing of transportation for pupils shall
     be prescribed and collected only to
recover the costs incurred as a result of and directly attributable to the
     provision or furnishing of transportation
for pupils and only to the extent that such costs are not reimbursed from any
     other source provided by law;
  (B)  fees for the provision or furnishing of transportation may not be
     assessed against or collected from any
pupil who is counted in determining the transportation weighting of the school
     district under the provisions of
the school district finance and quality performance act or any pupil who is
     entitled to transportation under the
 provisions of subsection (a) of K.S.A. 72-8306, and amendments thereto, and
     resides 21/2 miles or more by the
regular route of a school bus from the school attended;
  (C)  fees for the provision or furnishing of transportation for pupils in
     accordance with the provisions of an
agreement entered into under authority of K.S.A. 72-8233 or 72-8307, and
     amendments thereto, shall be con-
trolled by the provisions of the agreement.
  (2)  All moneys received by a school district from fees collected under this
     subsection shall be deposited in
the transportation fund of the district.
  Sec. 2.  K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 72-8302 is hereby repealed.
  Sec. 3.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
     publication in the statute book.