The district’s obligation to provide transportation will depend on why your child requires transportation outside of the district.
When a student is placed at a school outside their own district pursuant to an IEP, presumably because of the unavailability of an appropriate program within the district, either the student’s district or the district in which the school of attendance is located must provide any necessary transportation. Which school district will provide the transportation will likely depend on the terms of the interdistrict attendance agreement negotiated by the two districts to allow the student to attend outside their own district.[1]
When a child attends school in their home district but their related services are delivered at a site not inside the child’s home district, transportation must be provided to and from those services by their home district. When a student attends school within their district but wishes to be dropped off at a location outside the district after school (such as at a relative’s home for childcare or a childcare center), the entitlement is not so clear and would only be ensured if specifically stated in the IEP.
- See Cal. Ed. Code Secs. 46600 and following.[↩]