Home-to-School Transportation Services
The Fresno County SELPA provides home-to-school transportation services for qualifying Member School Districts for students with disabilities that are enrolled in the County Operated Programs for Special Education, and who have transportation as a requirement on the student's IEP. The following policy explains the qualifications: 85-05 Pupil Transportation
Billback
Transportation costs provided by the Fresno County SELPA for student riders shall be charged to the Member LEA who is the rider’s District of Residence. Typical transportation costs include parent or private driver, staff and contracted driver expenditures. Parent or private driver costs are separated and charged separately to the Member LEA whose student rider is utilizing this service. Any related transportation revenue received by the SELPA shall be used to offset the total cost to Member LEAs. The net costs are divided by the Total Rider Count, and charged to Member LEAs on a per-rider basis. The billback cost is transferred using SACS object 7142; this object is outside of the Member LEA's Special Education Maintenance of Effort (MOE) report.
The Total Rider Count is the total number of half-year and full-year riders. Half-year riders are those riders who are counted from the beginning of the regular school year to December 31, or who are counted anytime from January 1 to June 30. Full-year riders are those riders who are counted on both counts.
The Fresno County SELPA transfers the billback amount from each Member LEA in December of the following fiscal year. The default SACS Account Code used to the Member LEA is 0100-65000-0-5760-9200-714201.
The SELPA will provide a list of riders captured on the Total Rider Count to each LEA Member to verify. The total rider count is determined following the verification process.
The SELPA Administrator will notify the SGC each year of the projected Transportation Billback in order to assist Member LEAs with budget planning. Following is an example of the calculation:
| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Student Rider Transportation Costs | $2,925,000 |
| Transportation Scheduler Costs | $75,000 |
| Total Costs | $3,000,000 |
| Less FCSS Revenue Offset | $1,000,000 |
| Adjusted Costs | $2,000,000 |
| Total Number of Riders | 235 |
| Billback Cost-per-Rider | $8,510.64 |
Contact Salina Guzman, Transportation Scheduler, at (559) 265-4049, or sguzman@fcoe.org.
