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Left Blank  \nTRANSPORTATIONFOR STUDENTSWITH DISABILITIESANDSPECIAL  \nHEALTHCARE NEEDS  \nThe purpose of this section is to recommend standard policies, procedures and guidelines for persons entrusted with the responsibility of managing transportation for students with disabilities. The term special education means,“specially designed instruction to meet the unique needs of a child with adisability.” When transportation is required to provide access to such instruction, it is considered a“related service.”  \nAs part of the mandate of a Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE), related services are required when determined necessary to assist a child with a disability to benefit from special education. Transportation as defined in The Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA) includes:  \nA. Travel to and from school and between schools;  \nB. Travel in and around school buildings; and  \nC. Specialized equipment (such as special or adaptive buses, lifts, and ramps), if required to provide special transportation for a child with a disability.  \nThough general in nature, the recommended guidelines, policies and procedures do contain adequate information as of the date of adoption of these guidelines to guide those persons responsible for student transportation in developing an action plan for the safe and appropriate delivery of transportation services for students with disabilities.  \nThis section reviews the current laws and regulations governing special transportation related to the individualized education program (IEP) process, recommended staff training and policy development.  \nThe transportation administrator and pertinent staff shall become familiar with the laws, guidelines, policies and procedures listed below.  \nLAWS AFFECTING TRANSPORTATION FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES  \nA. Laws  \n1. It is possible for a school district to be required to provide specialized transportation services to a student with disabilities who is not in special education. Section 504 of P. L. 93-112, of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, states in part,“No otherwise qualified disabled individual in the United States shall, solely by reason of his handicap, be excluded from participating in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance.” In general terms, Section 504 of P. L. 93-112 (1), part of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973,“  requires that all students with disabilities (regardless of age) are eligible for a free appropriate  \npublic education [FAPE] .” It also requires that the facility, services and activities provided to the disabled to be comparable to those provided to thenon-disabled, and that students with disabilities must have an equal opportunity for participation in any nonacademic and extracurricular services and activities provided by a schooldistrict.  \n2. Congress passed P.L. 94-142, in 1975, and regulations were promulgated by implementation of Part B of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, effective October 1, 1977. A free appropriate public education (FAPE) is required for all students between the ages of 3 and 21 years who are deemed disabled and who need special education.  \n3. 2004, the reauthorization of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 changed the name to Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA) . Subsequent reauthorizations made significant additional changes. These guidelines reflect the 2004 reauthorization of the law and the 2006 regulations implementing that law.  \nNote: IDEA requires the public agency “  to provide non-academic and extracurricular services and activities in such manner necessary as to afford children with disabilities an equal opportunity for participation in those services” (Section 300. 107) . 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