Who is eligible to receive school bus transportation to and from school?

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The eligibility of students to receive school transportation services has been defined in Florida Statutes (F.S.) Section 1006.21, to include the following:

  • Pre-kindergarten disability programs and kindergarten through grade 12 students whose homes are more than a reasonable walking distance, from the nearest appropriate school.  A reasonable walking distance for a student is defined by the Florida Department of Education Administrative Code as; “any distance not more than two (2) miles between the home and the school or one and one half (1-1/2) miles between the home and the assigned bus stop”.
  • Pre-kindergarten through grade 12 students with special needs or disabilities, regardless of the distance from home to school.
  • All students enrolled in a Teenage Parent Program and the registered children of such students.
  • Elementary age children who live within two miles of their assigned elementary school and who are subject to hazardous walking conditions as defined in Section 1006.23.
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