Alaska Statutes
Alaska Stat. § 14.09.010 (2026)
Transportation of students
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Sec. 14.09.010. Transportation of students.
(a) A school district that provides student transportation services for the transportation of students who reside a distance from established schools is eligible to receive funding for operating or subcontracting the operation of the transportation system for students to and from the schools within the student's transportation service area. Subject to appropriation, the amount of funding provided by the state for operating the student transportation system is the amount of a school district's ADM, less the ADM for the district's correspondence programs during the current fiscal year, multiplied by the per student amount for the school district as follows:
DISTRICTPER STUDENT AMOUNT
(2)
(1) for the school
for the school years beginning
year beginning on or after
July 1, 2011 July 1, 2012
Alaska Gateway $2,081 $2,148
Aleutians East311 321
Anchorage435 449
Annette Island182 188
Bering Strait 48 50
Bristol Bay2,6722,758
Chatham 280 289
Copper River1,5861,637
Cordova335 346
Craig423 437
Delta/Greely1,6561,709
Denali1,8081,866
Dillingham1,2181,257
Fairbanks817 843
Galena255 263
Haines626 646
Hoonah298 308
Iditarod211 218
Juneau604 623
Kake271 280
Kashunamiut 5 5
Kenai Peninsula 766 944
Ketchikan 727 750
Klawock 584 603
Kodiak Island 799 825
Kuspuk 654 675
Lake and Peninsula 384 396
Lower Kuskokwim 277 286
Lower Yukon 1 1
Matanuska-Susitna 910 939
Nenana 587 606
Nome 621 641
North Slope1,1201,156
Northwest Arctic 25 26
Pelican 72 74
Petersburg 374 386
Saint Mary's 193 199
Sitka 428 442
Skagway 36 37
Southeast Island1,1551,192
Southwest Region 598 617
Tanana 478 493
Unalaska 648 669
Valdez 735 759
Wrangell 701 723
Yakutat 744 768
Yukon Flats 264 272
Yukon/Koyukuk 299 309
Yupiit 2 2.
(b) The department shall adopt regulations that provide for oversight of and support to school districts in achieving a safe and cost-effective student transportation system. The regulations must include a requirement for contract terms of not less than three years, if feasible, standardized conditions and bid periods, and standards that ensure cost efficiencies and exclusions.
(c) [Repealed, § 11 ch 9 SLA 2008.]
(d) A school district that provides transportation services under this section shall provide transportation services to students attending a charter school operated by the district under a policy adopted by the district. The policy must
(1) be developed with input solicited from individuals involved with the charter school, including staff, students, and parents;
(2) at a minimum, provide transportation services for students enrolled in the charter school on a space available basis along the regular routes that the students attending schools in an attendance area in the district are transported; and
(3) be approved by the department.
(e) If a school district fails to adopt a policy under (d) of this section, the school district shall allocate the amount received for each student under (a) of this section to each charter school operated by the district based on the number of students enrolled in the charter school.
(f) Nothing in (d) of this section requires a school district to establish dedicated transportation routes for the exclusive use of students enrolled in a charter school or authorizes a charter school to opt out of a policy adopted by a school district for the purpose of acquiring transportation funding.
(g) In this section,
(1) “ADM” has the meaning given in AS 14.17.990;
(2) “district's ADM” means the sum of the ADMs in the district.
(a) A school district that provides student transportation services for the transportation of students who reside a distance from established schools is eligible to receive funding for operating or subcontracting the operation of the transportation system for students to and from the schools within the student's transportation service area. Subject to appropriation, the amount of funding provided by the state for operating the student transportation system is the amount of a school district's ADM, less the ADM for the district's correspondence programs during the current fiscal year, multiplied by the per student amount for the school district as follows:
DISTRICTPER STUDENT AMOUNT
(2)
(1) for the school
for the school years beginning
year beginning on or after
July 1, 2011 July 1, 2012
Alaska Gateway $2,081 $2,148
Aleutians East311 321
Anchorage435 449
Annette Island182 188
Bering Strait 48 50
Bristol Bay2,6722,758
Chatham 280 289
Copper River1,5861,637
Cordova335 346
Craig423 437
Delta/Greely1,6561,709
Denali1,8081,866
Dillingham1,2181,257
Fairbanks817 843
Galena255 263
Haines626 646
Hoonah298 308
Iditarod211 218
Juneau604 623
Kake271 280
Kashunamiut 5 5
Kenai Peninsula 766 944
Ketchikan 727 750
Klawock 584 603
Kodiak Island 799 825
Kuspuk 654 675
Lake and Peninsula 384 396
Lower Kuskokwim 277 286
Lower Yukon 1 1
Matanuska-Susitna 910 939
Nenana 587 606
Nome 621 641
North Slope1,1201,156
Northwest Arctic 25 26
Pelican 72 74
Petersburg 374 386
Saint Mary's 193 199
Sitka 428 442
Skagway 36 37
Southeast Island1,1551,192
Southwest Region 598 617
Tanana 478 493
Unalaska 648 669
Valdez 735 759
Wrangell 701 723
Yakutat 744 768
Yukon Flats 264 272
Yukon/Koyukuk 299 309
Yupiit 2 2.
(b) The department shall adopt regulations that provide for oversight of and support to school districts in achieving a safe and cost-effective student transportation system. The regulations must include a requirement for contract terms of not less than three years, if feasible, standardized conditions and bid periods, and standards that ensure cost efficiencies and exclusions.
(c) [Repealed, § 11 ch 9 SLA 2008.]
(d) A school district that provides transportation services under this section shall provide transportation services to students attending a charter school operated by the district under a policy adopted by the district. The policy must
(1) be developed with input solicited from individuals involved with the charter school, including staff, students, and parents;
(2) at a minimum, provide transportation services for students enrolled in the charter school on a space available basis along the regular routes that the students attending schools in an attendance area in the district are transported; and
(3) be approved by the department.
(e) If a school district fails to adopt a policy under (d) of this section, the school district shall allocate the amount received for each student under (a) of this section to each charter school operated by the district based on the number of students enrolled in the charter school.
(f) Nothing in (d) of this section requires a school district to establish dedicated transportation routes for the exclusive use of students enrolled in a charter school or authorizes a charter school to opt out of a policy adopted by a school district for the purpose of acquiring transportation funding.
(g) In this section,
(1) “ADM” has the meaning given in AS 14.17.990;
(2) “district's ADM” means the sum of the ADMs in the district.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1975–2022 · leading case: State v. N. Bus Co., Inc., 693 P.2d 319 (Alaska 1984).
State v. N. Bus Co., Inc., 693 P.2d 319 (Alaska 1984). “230, and that DOE is not prohibited from requiring competitive bids in the awarding of school busing contracts under AS 14.09.010. II. Under the “competitive bid” statute, AS 37.”
Honorable Michael J Dunleavy, in his Off. Capacity as Governor for the State of Alaska, Comm'r Kelly Tshibaka, in her Off. Capacity as Comm'r of Admin., & Comm'r Michael Johnson, in his Off. Capacity as Comm'r of Educ. & Early Dev. v. The Alaska Legislative Council, on Behalf of The Alaska State Legislature Coalition for Educ. Equity, Intervenor, Honorable Michael J. Dunleavy, in his Off. Capacity as Governor for the State of Alaska, Comm'r Kelly Tshibaka, in her Off. Capacity as Comm'r of Admin., & Comm'r Michael Johnson, in his Off. Capacity as Comm'r of Educ. & Early Dev. v. Coalition for Educ. Equity, 515 P.3d 117 (Alaska 2022). “(b) The amount necessary, estimated to be $78,184,600, to fund transportation of students under AS 14.09.010 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, is appropriated from the general fund to the public education fund (AS 14.”
Jennings v. State, 566 P.2d 1304 (Alaska 1977). “Did the State have a duty to provide for the safe conduct of school children along a known hazardous route pursuant to AS 14.09.010? 4. If the State had a duty to provide safe conduct for school children did it break that duty by failing to provide a safe means for school…”
Laidlaw Transit, Inc. v. Anchorage Sch. Dist., 118 P.3d 1018 (Alaska 2005). “See AS 14.09.010, as amended by ch. 54 § 1, SLA 2003; Regulation repealed 6/4/2004, Reg.”
Girves v. Kenai Peninsula Borough, 536 P.2d 1221 (Alaska 1975). “AS 14.09.010. See Kenai Peninsula Borough v.”
Kenai Peninsula Borough v. State, 532 P.2d 1019 (Alaska 1975). “4 The borough bases this argument on AS 14.09.010, which provides in relevant part: (a) The [Department [of Education] may provide for the transportation of pupils who reside a distance from established schools, and in order to accomplish that purpose may (1) require school…”
— Alaska Stat. § 14.09.010(b) — 1 case
State v. N. Bus Co., Inc., 693 P.2d 319 (Alaska 1984). “230, and that DOE is not prohibited from requiring competitive bids in the awarding of school busing contracts under AS 14.09.010. II. Under the “competitive bid” statute, AS 37.”
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