Section 162.755

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES

Chapter 162

Effective - 28 Aug 2008   

  162.755.  Transportation to be provided children, sheltered workshop employees, social centers and residents of facilities for certain disabled persons, also certain state schools. — 1.  The state board of education shall provide reasonable transportation for children who attend day schools or programs operated by the state board of education or who attend programs operated through contract by the state board of education as provided in section 162.735^*.

  2.  Sheltered workshops holding a certificate of approval from the department of elementary and secondary education under section 178.920 and clients of other facilities operated under the provisions of sections 205.968 to 205.973 and Missouri schools for the severely disabled may cooperate in the provision of employee, client and student transportation.  Employees of sheltered workshops and clients of other facilities operated under the provisions of sections 205.968 to 205.973 may be transported to sheltered workshops and other facilities in vehicles owned and operated by the department of elementary and secondary education or hired by the department for student transportation or students may be transported in vehicles owned and operated or hired by sheltered workshops or other facilities operated under the provisions of sections 205.968 to 205.973 to Missouri schools for the severely disabled.

  3.  The provision of sheltered workshop employee or other client transportation in vehicles owned and operated or hired by the department of elementary and secondary education shall not unduly interfere with the routes and schedules of the Missouri schools for the severely disabled and reasonable compensation may be paid by the sheltered workshop or other facility for the developmentally disabled to the department of elementary and secondary education.

  4.  The department of elementary and secondary education may secure transportation for students in the Missouri schools for the severely disabled in vehicles owned and operated or hired by sheltered workshops or other facilities operated under the provisions of sections 205.968 to 205.973 and make reasonable compensation for the service to the sheltered workshop or other facility for the developmentally disabled.

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(L. 1973 H.B. 474 § 20, A.L. 1977 H.B. 130, A.L. 1987 H.B. 25 & 120, A.L. 1988 S.B. 676, A.L. 2008 H.B. 1807)

*Section 162.735 was repealed by S.B. 287, 2005.