72-1046b. Same; provision of transportation authorized; applicability; conditions. (a) As used in this section:

(1) "School district" means a school district organized and operating under the laws of this state and no part of which is located in Johnson county, Sedgwick county, Shawnee county or Wyandotte county.

(2) "Non-resident pupil" or "pupil" means a pupil who is enrolled and in attendance at a school located in a district in which such pupil is not a resident and who: (A) Lives 21/2 or more miles from the attendance center the pupil would attend in the district in which the pupil resides and is not a resident of Johnson county, Sedgwick county, Shawnee county or Wyandotte county; or (B) is a member of the family of a pupil meeting the condition prescribed in subpart (A).

(3) "Member of the family" means a brother or sister of the whole or half blood or by adoption, a stepbrother or stepsister, and a foster brother or foster sister.

(b) The board of education of any school district may allow any pupil who is not a resident of the district to enroll in and attend school in such district. The board of education of such district may furnish or provide transportation to any non-resident pupil who is enrolled in and attending school in the district pursuant to this section. If the district agrees to furnish or provide transportation to a non-resident pupil, such transportation shall be furnished or provided until the end of the school year. Prior to providing or furnishing transportation to a non-resident pupil, the district shall notify the board of education of the district in which the pupil resides that transportation will be furnished or provided.

(c) Pupils attending school in a school district in which the pupil does not reside pursuant to this section shall be counted as regularly enrolled in and attending school in the district where the pupil is enrolled for the purpose of computations under the classroom learning assuring student success act, K.S.A. 2016 Supp. 72-6463 et seq., and amendments thereto, and for the purposes of the statutory provisions contained in article 83 of chapter 72 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto. Such non-resident pupil shall not be charged for the costs of attendance at school.

(d) Any pupil who was not a resident of the district in school year 2014-2015, but was allowed to enroll in and attend school in such district in school year 2014-2015 by the board of education of such district and any member of the family of such pupil regardless of whether such family member enrolled in and attended school in such district in school year 2014-2015, shall be allowed to enroll in and attend school in such district in school years 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 regardless of whether such pupil or family member of such pupil is a resident of the district in either school year, provided such pupil or such pupil's family member is in compliance with any attendance and behavior policies of the district. If transportation was furnished or provided to such pupil in school year 2014-2015 by the district, then transportation shall be furnished or provided by the district to such pupil and any family member of such pupil in school years 2015-2016 and 2016-2017, provided there is no change in such pupil's residence and no requirement for the district to furnish transportation to any additional residence.

History: L. 1997, ch. 183, § 2; L. 1999, ch. 20, § 1; L. 2000, ch. 155, § 1; L. 2001, ch. 22, § 1; L. 2008, ch. 172, § 1; L. 2010, ch. 149, § 1; L. 2012, ch. 155, § 2; L. 2015, ch. 4, § 29; L. 2015, ch. 92, § 5; July 1.