As used in this article 51, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) (a) "Current operating expenditures for pupil transportation" means expenditures for providing pupil transportation, exclusive of purchase or lease of pupil transportation vehicles or other capital outlays. The term includes expenditures for the following: Motor fuel and oil; maintenance and repair of vehicles (including additions to and alterations of pupil transportation vehicles built since 1977 that will increase efficiency and safety or that are necessary to meet current minimum standards), equipment, and facilities; costs of employment for drivers while employed in pupil transportation; costs of employment paid specifically for providing transportation supervision and support services; insurance; contracted services; reimbursements to pupils who utilize public transportation services; and, for entitlement periods ending on June 30, 1989, and thereafter, amounts spent for pupil transportation for special education and career and technical education programs.
(b) "Current operating expenditures for pupil transportation" shall not be reduced by revenues received by a school district or the state charter school institute from fees imposed and collected for pupil transportation pursuant to a resolution adopted by the board of education of such district in accordance with the provisions of section 22-32-113 (5) or by the state charter school institute board.
(2) "Entitlement period" means the twelve-month period ending June 30 of each year. (2.5) "Facility" means any of the following facilities that operates a facility school:
A day treatment center, residential child care facility, or other facility licensed by thedepartment of human services pursuant to section 26-6-104, C.R.S.;
A hospital licensed by the department of public health and environment pursuant tosection 25-1.5-103, C.R.S.
(2.7) "Facility school" means an approved facility school as defined in section 22-2-402
(1).
(3) "Pupil transportation" means:
The transportation of pupils regularly enrolled in the public schools through gradetwelve to and from their places of residence and the public schools in which they are enrolled, including any site attended for special education or career and technical education, and to and from one school of attendance and another in vehicles owned or rented and operated by a school district or state charter school or under contract with a school district or state charter school; and
The transportation of students who are receiving educational services from facilityschools to and from the facility in which the students reside and the place at which the students receive the educational services.
"Reimbursement entitlement" means the amount of reimbursement to which a schooldistrict, a state charter school, or a facility school is entitled under the provisions of section 2251-104.
"State charter school institute" or "institute" means the state charter school institutecreated pursuant to part 5 of article 30.5 of this title.
Source: L. 75: Entire article R&RE, p. 714, § 1, effective July 14. L. 81: (1) amended, p. 1077, § 1, effective July 1. L. 88: (1) to (3) amended, p. 773, § 2, effective May 29. L. 91: (1) amended, p. 537, § 1, effective May 1. L. 2004: (1)(b), (3), and (4) amended and (5) added, p. 1587, § 17, effective June 3. L. 2008: (2.5) and (2.7) added and (3) and (4) amended, p. 1401, § 46, effective May 27. L. 2017: IP, (1)(a), and (3)(a) amended, (SB 17-294), ch. 264, p. 1397, § 52, effective May 25.