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Ohio Rev. Code § 3327.01 (2026)

Transportation of pupils

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October 3, 2023
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House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
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Notwithstanding division (D) of section 3311.19 and division (D) of section 3311.52 of the Revised Code, this section and sections 3327.011, 3327.012, and 3327.02 of the Revised Code do not apply to any joint vocational or cooperative education school district.

In all city, local, and exempted village school districts where resident school pupils in grades kindergarten through eight live more than two miles from the school for which the director of education and workforce prescribes minimum standards pursuant to division (D) of section 3301.07 of the Revised Code and to which they are assigned by the board of education of the district of residence or to and from the nonpublic or community school which they attend, the board of education shall provide transportation for such pupils to and from that school except as provided in section 3327.02 of the Revised Code.

In all city, local, and exempted village school districts where pupil transportation is required under a career-technical plan approved by the department of education and workforce under section 3313.90 of the Revised Code, for any student attending a career-technical program operated by another school district, including a joint vocational school district, as prescribed under that section, the board of education of the student's district of residence shall provide transportation from the public high school operated by that district to which the student is assigned to the career-technical program.

In all city, local, and exempted village school districts, the board may provide transportation for resident school pupils in grades nine through twelve to and from the high school to which they are assigned by the board of education of the district of residence or to and from the nonpublic or community high school which they attend for which the director of education and workforce prescribes minimum standards pursuant to division (D) of section 3301.07 of the Revised Code.

A board of education shall not be required to transport elementary or high school pupils to and from a nonpublic or community school where such transportation would require more than thirty minutes of direct travel time as measured by school bus from the public school building to which the pupils would be assigned if attending the public school designated by the district of residence.

Where it is impractical to transport a pupil by school conveyance, a board of education may offer payment, in lieu of providing such transportation in accordance with section 3327.02 of the Revised Code.

A board of education shall provide transportation to students enrolled in a community school or nonpublic school in accordance with this section on each day in which that school is open for operation with students in attendance, regardless of whether the district's own schools are open for operation with students in attendance on that day. However, a board of education shall not be required to transport elementary or high school pupils to and from a nonpublic or community school on Saturday or Sunday, unless a board of education and a nonpublic or community school have an agreement in place to do so before the first day of July of the school year in which the agreement takes effect.

In all city, local, and exempted village school districts, the board shall provide transportation for all children who are so disabled that they are unable to walk to and from the school for which the director of education and workforce prescribes minimum standards pursuant to division (D) of section 3301.07 of the Revised Code and which they attend. In case of dispute whether the child is able to walk to and from the school, the health commissioner shall be the judge of such ability. In all city, exempted village, and local school districts, the board shall provide transportation to and from school or special education classes for mentally disabled children in accordance with standards adopted by the department of education and workforce.

When transportation of pupils is provided the conveyance shall be run on a time schedule that shall be adopted and put in force by the board not later than ten days after the beginning of the school term. The operator of every school bus or motor van owned and operated by any school district or educational service center or privately owned and operated under contract with any school district or service center in this state shall deliver students enrolled in preschool through twelfth grades to their respective public and nonpublic schools not sooner than thirty minutes prior to the beginning of school and to be available to pick them up not later than thirty minutes after the close of their respective schools each day. Further, operators shall not deliver students late to school.

The cost of any transportation service authorized by this section shall be paid first out of federal funds, if any, available for the purpose of pupil transportation, and secondly out of state appropriations, in accordance with regulations adopted by the department.

No transportation of any pupils shall be provided by any board of education to or from any school which in the selection of pupils, faculty members, or employees, practices discrimination against any person on the grounds of race, color, religion, or national origin.

A board of education shall provide transportation as a related service for all children with disabilities living in the school district who are enrolled in a nonpublic school if the school district is provided with supporting documentation from the child's individual education program developed pursuant to Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code or an individual service plan developed pursuant to section 5126.41 of the Revised Code.

Last updated September 11, 2023 at 4:47 PM

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 24 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1962–2026 · leading case: Haig v. Ohio State Bd. of Educ., 584 N.E.2d 704 (Ohio 1992).
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Haig v. Ohio State Bd. of Educ., 584 N.E.2d 704 (Ohio 1992). · cites it 5× “12 administrative appeal challenging the state board’s decision (pursuant to R.C. 3327.01) confirming the local board’s determination that it is impractical to provide actual transportation to students.”
McNair v. Cardimone, 676 F. Supp. 1361 (S.D. Ohio 1987). · cites it 7× “01, which requires the School District to provide actual transportation to private school students who meet the statute’s requirements, until a School District’s determination that actual transportation is impractical is confirmed by the Superintendent of Public Instruction.”
Doe v. Marlington Local Sch. Dist. Bd. of Educ., 2009 Ohio 1360 (Ohio 2009). · cites it 2× “09 (“the board of education of each city, local, and exempted village school district shall provide transportation to and from school for its district’s native students”); and R.C. 3327.01(“In all city, local, and exempted village school districts where resident school pupils in…”
Pushay v. Walter, 26 Educ. L. Rep. 1194 (Ohio 1985). · cites it 4× “In Hartley, supra, this court held that local school boards must strictly comply with the mandates of R.C. 3327.01 before making payments in lieu of bus transportation for non-public school children.”
Hensley v. Toledo Area Reg'l Transit Auth., 700 N.E.2d 641 (Ohio Ct. App. 1997). · cites it 5× “In opposition, the board asserts that the undisputed evidence reveals that with the use of TARTA buses, the board is able to transport many more students than required under R.C. 3327.01, and that such transportation is accomplished in an efficient and economical manner.”
DeRolph v. State, 728 N.E.2d 993 (Ohio 2000). “21, transportation, R.C. 3327.01, facilities improvements {e.”
Novak v. Revere Local Sch. Dist., 583 N.E.2d 1358 (Ohio Ct. App. 1989). · cites it 7× “Novak, from the judgment of the Summit County Court of Common Pleas granting summary judgment in favor of defendant-appellee, Revere Local School District, on plaintiffs-appellants’ claim for reimbursement of student transportation expenses pursuant to R.C. 3327.01. Appellants…”
State Ex Rel. Luchette v. Pasquerilla, 913 N.E.2d 461 (Ohio Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 8× “sentially, this appeal involves the following question of statutory interpretation: {¶ 2} Whether a local school district board of education can be compelled by a court to provide transportation when that school district continues to offer payment in lieu of transportation…”
Dayton Christian Schs., Inc. v. Ohio Civil Rights Comm'n, 766 F.2d 932 (6th Cir. 1985). “While the record reveals that bus transportation is the only public benefit DCS claims to receive, Ohio Rev.Code Ann. § 3327.01, it is clear that state law provides several other benefits such as textbooks, speech and hearing diagnostic services, physician, nursing, dental and…”
Reed v. Rhodes, 455 F. Supp. 569 (N.D. Ohio 1978). · cites it 2× “The defendants shall utilize the Regional Transit Authority of Cleveland to the fullest extent possible; however, at the elementary school level transportation must be arranged so that elementary students are met at designated points and transported to their assigned schools in…”
Hartley v. Berlin-Milan Local Sch. Dist., 433 N.E.2d 171 (Ohio 1982). · cites it 2× “If the county board agrees with the view of the local board it is compliance with section 3327.01 of the Revised Code, by such local board if such board agrees to pay the parent or other person in charge of the child for the transportation of such child to school at a rate…”
Wilson v. McCormack, 2017 Ohio 5510 (Ohio Ct. App. 2017). “CA99-11-186, 2000 WL 979141 , 3 (July 17, 2000) ("[t]he decision of the Board to undertake transporting students and assign bus stops is unquestionably a governmental function, as that decision directly relates to the provision of a system of public education" in light of R.C.…”
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