No. The parents’/guardians’/other education rights holders’ ability to provide transportation does not relieve the district of its responsibility. The school district must ensure that any transportation service included in a student’s IEP as a related service is provided at public expense and at no cost to the parents/guardians/other education rights holders.^[1] In some instances, where the parents/guardians/other education rights holders have agreed, districts have reimbursed parents/guardians/other education rights holders for mileage for providing transportation that the district would otherwise have to provide. In these instances, parents/guardians/other education rights holders should be reimbursed for the total roundtrip mileage at the district’s standard rate.

1. 34 C.F.R. Sec. 300.39.[↩]