• Is a district required to provide transportation to all students with a disability living in the school district under this provision?
• What is a related service?
• Are districts required to transport students in grades 9-12 to a nonpublic school if the student has transportation listed as a related service on their IEP?
• Are districts required to transport students to a nonpublic school if the student lives less than two miles from that school or if travel time to that school would be greater than thirty minutes?
• Can a district still declare a student impractical to transport if the student has transportation listed as a related service on their IEP?
• Are districts required to provide transportation to and from school for their native students enrolled in a STEM school in the same manner that they provide transportation to their native students enrolled in nonpublic schools?

No, the district is only required to transport students with a disability living in the school district under this provision if the student has transportation listed as a related service on the student’s Individualized Education Program (IEP) or county board of developmental disabilities individual service plan.  

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Under IDEA, 34 CFR 300.34, “related services” means, in part, transportation, including travel to and from school and between schools, travel in and around school buildings, and specialized transportation equipment, and such developmental, corrective, and other supportive services as are required to assist a child with a disability to benefit from special education. 

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Yes, this provision applies to all students who have transportation listed as a related service on their IEP, regardless of their grade level.  Students with a disability who do not have transportation listed as a related service, are attending a nonpublic school and are in grades nine through twelve may still be offered transportation by their school district in accordance with local board rules but are not entitled to transportation. 

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Yes, this provision applies to all students who have transportation listed as a related service, regardless of the distance the student lives from the nonpublic school or the travel time needed to reach that school. 

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Yes, pursuant to section 3327.02 of the Ohio Revised Code, a district, after considering the required factors, may determine it is impractical to transport a student and instead offer payment in lieu of providing such transportation to students. This applies to all students eligible for transportation to and from school under section 3327.01 of the Ohio Revised Code, including students who have transportation listed as a related service on their IEP. 

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Yes. Unless a STEM school is providing its own transportation, districts must provide transportation to and from school for its district's native students enrolled in the STEM school in the same manner that section 3327.01 of the Revised Code requires for its native students enrolled in nonpublic schools.  STEM students with IEPs that have transportation as a related service are to be transported in the same manner as nonpublic students who have transportation as a related service. 

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