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TO AMEND SECTION 59-67-460, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO CONTRACTS FOR SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY CONTRACT WITH PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS OR CONTRACTORS FOR ITS TRANSPORTATION SERVICES AND TO PROVIDE THE FORMULA BY WHICH THE STATE BUDGET AND CONTROL BOARD SHALL CALCULATE STATE AID.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 59-67-460 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 59-67-460. (A) Any county board of education A school district may at any time contract for any part or all of its transportation services with private individuals or contractors for the furnishing of such these services. In any such this instance the county board of education school district shall execute the contracts. The county board shall school district must be responsible for the payment of all sums due under contracts so entered into pursuant to this section and shall receive aid from the State for pupils thus transported only on the basis of the average per pupil operating cost of State-owned equipment for the current year as determined by the State Board of Education. on the basis of the following per pupil calculation to be made by the State Budget and Control Board the:
(1) full replacement cost of school buses and school bus maintenance vehicles provided to that district by the State in the previous school year, divided by twelve;
(2) full value of other state monies and support services for school transportation activities, including fuel, maintenance, parts, driver's salaries, insurance, and any other relevant activities, given by the State to that school district in the previous year; and
(3) total value calculated in items (1) and (2) divided by the total number of pupils in the school district in the previous year.
For the years in which the district contracts out all or part of its transportation services, the district shall receive aid from the State for the full per pupil cost calculated.
(B) The Board board may enter into agreements an agreement with county boards of education a school district whereby pupils living in isolated areas may be transported by special arrangements when such transportation can be provided at lower cost than by operating a regular bus route."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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