Montana Code Annotated 2019

TITLE 20. EDUCATION

CHAPTER 10. TRANSPORTATION AND FOOD SERVICES

Part 1. School Buses and Transportation

Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Required Before Purchase Of Small School Bus

20-10-148. Cost-effectiveness analysis required before purchase of small school bus. The trustees of a district may not purchase and operate a school bus as defined in 20-10-101(4)(a)(ii) until the trustees have:

(1) conducted an analysis of the costs associated with purchase and operation of the school bus compared to the costs associated with purchase or contract and operation of a school bus designed to carry more than 10 passengers; and

(2) adopted a written finding that the purchase and operation of a school bus as defined in 20-10-101(4)(a)(ii) is the most cost-effective means of transporting eligible transportees on the bus route or routes to which the school bus will be assigned.

History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 221, L. 2017.