R277-600-2. Definitions

  (1) "ADA" means average daily attendance.

  (2) "ADM" means average daily membership.

  (3) "AFR" means a school district's annual financial report, one component of which is the AFR for all pupil transportation costs.

  (4) "Annual Program Report" or "APR" has the same meaning as defined in Section R277-484-2.

  (5)(a) "Approved costs" means the Board approved costs of transporting eligible students from home to school to home once each day, after-school routes, approved routes for students with disabilities and vocational students attending school outside their regularly assigned attendance boundary, and a portion of the bus purchase prices.

  (b) All approved costs are adjusted by the Superintendent consistent with a Board-approved formula per the annual legislative transportation appropriation.

  (6) "Deadhead miles" means miles traveled while operating a bus with no passengers on board.

  (7) "Extended school year" or "ESY" means an extension of the school district or charter school traditional school year to provide special education and related services to a student with a disability, in accordance with the student's IEP, and at no cost to the student's parent or guardian.

  (8) "Hazardous" means in a state of danger or potential danger, which may result in injury or death.

  (9) "Local school board" means a local school district board of education.

  (10) "Multipurpose passenger vehicle" or "MPV" means any motor vehicle with less than 10 passenger positions, including the driver's position, which cannot be certified as a bus.

  (11) "Public route" means a road, thoroughfare, walkway, or highway.

  (12) "Pupil Transportation Advisory Committee" means the committee described in Subsection 53F-2-403(5).

  (13) "Pupil Transportation Schedule A1" means a report submitted annually to the Superintendent covering all estimated miles and minutes of to/from pupil transportation within an LEA.

  (14) "Out-of-pocket expense" means gasoline, oil, and tire expenses.