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transportation are described in Article 29 of the Illinois School Code as well as in Part 1 Public Schools Evaluation, Recognition and Supervision Section 1.510 Transportation and 1.515 Training of School Bus Driver Instructors of the Illinois Administrative Code. This document was prepared and will be updated as needed to assist Local Education Agencies (LEAs) with some of the frequently asked questions regarding pupil transportation.  \nGeneral Q&A  \nSchool Personnel-Related Q&A  \nTransportation Reimbursement Claim Q&A  \nGeneral Q&A  \n1. Is every school district required to provide free transportation services to its students?  \n2. Can a district utilize public mass transit transportation to meet its statutory obligations?  \n3. What grade level of students must be transported in districts that are required to provide free transportation?  \n4. Are districts required to provide transportation for regular education prekindergarten students?  \n5. Are districts required to provide door-to-door transportation for prekindergarten or elementary students?  \n6. Is the driver of a school bus required to see that a child reaches their home or destination safely after discharging them at an assigned stop?  \n7. Are districts required to provide transportation for nonpublic school students?  \n8. Are districts required to provide transportation for students with disabilities?  \n9. What are district’s responsibilities regarding transportation of homeless students?  \n10. Are districts required to transport homeless students who live less than one and onehalf miles from their assigned attendance center even if no other students are transported?  \n11. Who is required to provide a point of contact (POC) and develop a foster care transportation policy/procedure?  \n12. How often is the Local Educational Agency (LEA) required to update the point of contact?  \n13. What is the specific system to enter the LEA's point of contact?  \n14. Does the local school board need to approve the plan?  \n15. Does the POC have to be located at each school where foster children are enrolled?  \n16. Do special education cooperatives need to identify and register a contact person?  \n17. 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