The task of regulating the transportation of high-risk, medically fragile children to school falls largely to state and local school boards. Discusses the costs of transporting these children and coordinating with a child's individualized education program, and lists four resources schools can contact for information. (MLF)

The legal aspects of pupil transportation are examined, including the liability of various factions for transportation decisions and the duty of school districts to provide adequate transportation. Discussed are court decisions dealing with such complex topics as transportation of special education students, transportation for purpose of…

To draw comparisons for assessing transportation costs and developing recommendations for legislative action in New York, this study compares school transportation policies and practices that may be related to differences in transportation costs in eight states having the largest public school enrollments for 1980. Data were obtained from existing…