Composite of Public School Transportation Reports

Composite of Public School Transportation Reports

Ownership

"Corporation" means a public school system.

"Contract" means a transportation or fleet contractor with an agreement to transport children in a school corporation.

Type A: A type “A” school bus means a conversion or body constructed upon a van-type or cutaway or front-section vehicle with a left side driver’s door, designed for carrying more than ten persons. The term includes two (2) classifications:
(1) Type A-1, with a gross vehicle weight rating of ten thousand (10,000) pounds and under: and
(2) Type A-2, with a gross vehicle weight rating of over ten thousand (10,000) pounds. State School Bus Committee Rules, Title 575 IAC 1-1-1.

Type B: A type “B” school bus is a conversion or body constructed and installed upon a van or front-section vehicle chassis or stripped chassis with a vehicle weight rating of more than 10,000 pounds and designed for carrying more than ten persons. Part of the engine is beneath and/or behind the windshield and beside the driver's seat. The entrance door is behind the front wheels. State School Bus Committee Rules, Title 575 IAC 1-1-1.

Type C: A type “C” school bus is body installed upon a flat back cowl chassis with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 10,000 pounds and designed for carrying more than ten persons. All of the engine is in front of the windshield. The entrance door is behind the front wheels. State School Bus Committee Rules, Title 575 IAC 1-1-1.

Type D: A type “D” school bus is a body installed upon a chassis with the engine mounted in the front, midship, or rear with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 10,000 pounds and designed for carrying more than ten persons. The engine may be behind the windshield and beside the driver's seat, at the rear of the bus, behind the rear wheels, or midship between the front and rear axles. The entrance door is ahead of the front wheels. State School Bus Committee Rules, Title 575 IAC 1-1-1.

Type E: A special purpose bus means any motor vehicle designed and constructed:
(1) for the accommodation of more than ten (10) passengers;
(2) that:
(A) meets the federal school bus safety requirements under 49 U.S.C. 30125 except the:
(i) stop signal arm required under federal motor vehicle safety standard (FMVSS) no. 131; and
(ii) flashing lamps required under federal motor vehicle safety standard (FMVSS) no.108;
(B) when owned by a school corporation and used to transport children, complies with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations as prescribed by the United States Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration as setforth in 49 CFR Chapter III Subchapter B; or
(C) when owned by a school corporation and used to transport children, is a motor coach Type bus with a capacity of thirty (30) or more passengers and a gross vehicle weight rating greater than twenty-six thousand (26,000) pounds; and
(3) that is used by a school corporation for transportation purposes not appropriate for school buses.

Type F: A type “F” school bus is equipped for transporting the handicapped. It will be a type A, B, C, or D school bus with specialized equipment. (e.g.,wheelchair lift or ramp)

Mileage

Route mileage is an estimate using the aggregate of the daily round trip mileage on form 30A (Division of School Finance) multiplied by 180. Extracurricular and summer school route mileages are collected in arrears.

Passengers

“Newborn” means a child from birth to one month of age who is transported in a school bus or special purpose bus, regardless of mileage, to a school corporation program.

“Infant” means a child from one month, one day to one year of age who is transported in a school bus or special purpose bus, regardless of mileage, to a school corporation program.

“Toddler” means a child from one year, one day to three years of age who is transported in a school bus or special purpose bus, regardless of mileage, to a school corporation program.

"Pre-school" means a child from three years, one day to five years of age who is transported in a school bus or special purpose bus, regardless of mileage, to a school corporation program.

“Non-Public” means a parochial or private school pupil transported by a public school bus.

Sch. Yr.	Public	Newborn	Infant	Toddler	Pre-Sch.	Disabled Pre-Sch.	Summer	Non-Public	Total
2004-2005	762,735	n/a	n/a	n/a	3,601	3,450		9,851
2003-2004	759,112	n/a	n/a	n/a	3,305	3,038	64,278	11,267	841,000
2002-2003	739,388	n/a	n/a	n/a	3,513	2,930	65,833	12,616	824,280
2001-2002	722,453	n/a	n/a	n/a	3,218	3,327	96,032	11,828	836,858
2000-2001	722,277	n/a	n/a	n/a	3,096	2,249	74,562	11,668	813,852
1999-2000	718,622	n/a	n/a	n/a	3,015	2,516	62,897	11,688	798,738
1998-1999	688,112	8	96	130	4,598	2,283	122,356	11,468	821,936
1997-1998	704,315	6	47	45	2,649	2,114	62,897	13,346	780,558
1996-1997	708,746	6	54	175	2,456	1,880	61,063	12,452	782,261
1995-1996	713,482	4	17	32	2,160	2,331	58,729	11,892	784,103
1994-1995	683,704	n/a	n/a	n/a	3,243	2,060	62,726	13,017	759,447
1993-1994	693,566	n/a	n/a	n/a	1,829	1,934	62,190	12,057	767,813
1992-1993	673,427	n/a	n/a	n/a	1,432	1,721	89,471	13,065	775,963
1991-1992	665,606	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	57,434	13,052	736,092
1990-1991	654,210	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	53,640	14,052	721,902
1989-1990	647,097	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	115,720	14,311	777,128
n/a = not available or not collected total = sum of public, summer, and non-public categories (newborn , infant, toddler, and pre-school figures included in public category)

Figures supplied courtesy of the Division of Educational Information Systems