Section 3314.093 | Transportation consortium.
(A) The governing authorities of two or more community schools may enter into an agreement to establish a consortium to provide or arrange transportation to and from school for students enrolled in participating schools. A consortium shall act on behalf of each participating school with regard to student transportation and shall comply with any law regarding student transportation in the same manner as a community school, including sections 3314.091 and 3327.02 of the Revised Code. Each consortium shall designate one of its participating schools as its fiscal agent.
(B) A consortium may do both of the following as if it were a community school:
(1) Enter into an agreement under division (A) of section 3314.091 of the Revised Code with a school district that has native students, as defined in section 3314.09 of the Revised Code, enrolled in a community school participating in the consortium;
(2) Unilaterally accept responsibility for the transportation of students enrolled in participating schools under division (B) of section 3314.091 of the Revised Code.
(C) The department of education and workforce shall calculate and make payments to a consortium under division (I) of section 3317.0212 of the Revised Code as if it were a community school.
(D) The consortium's fiscal agent shall report to the department, on behalf of all of the consortium's participating schools, the combined data necessary for the department to calculate payments under section 3317.0212 of the Revised Code. The fiscal agent shall report that data using the department's data collection system.
Last updated August 18, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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- September 30, 2025 – Enacted by House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly [ View September 30, 2025 Version ]