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2017 SESSION
17104089DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 22.1-176 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 22.1-176. Transportation of pupils authorized; when fee may be charged; contributions; regulations of Board of Education.
A. School boards may provide for the transportation of pupils, but nothing herein contained shall be construed as requiring such transportation except as provided in § 22.1-221.
B. When a school board provides transportation to pupils for
extracurricular activities, other than those covered by an activity fund, which that
are sponsored by the pupils' school apart from the regular instructional
program and which that
the pupils are not required to attend or participate in, the school board may
accept contributions for such transportation or charge each pupil utilizing
such transportation a reasonable fee not to exceed his pro rata share of the
cost of providing such transportation. A school board may waive such fees fee
for any pupil whose parent or guardian
is financially unable to pay them it.
C. When a school board provides transportation to pupils who do not live in the school division, the school board may charge each pupil utilizing such transportation a reasonable fee not to exceed his pro rata share of the cost of providing such transportation. A school board shall waive such fee for any pupil whose parent is financially unable to pay it, including any pupil who is eligible for free or reduced lunch.
D. When
a school board provides transportation to pupils for field trips which that
are a part of the program of the pupils' school or are sponsored by such
school, the school board may accept contributions for such transportation.
D. E. The
Board of Education shall promulgate such regulations as shall be in the public
interest to effect the intent of this section.