Transportation Plan Due

Home-to-School (HTS) Transportation Service Plan – Due April 1, 2023

HTS Transportation Reimbursement provides funding for districts and COEs based on the prior year eligible transportation expenditures and prior year LCFF transportation related add-on funding. Beginning in 2022-23, reimbursement will be received for 60% of HTS transportation costs (Function 3600), less any funds already apportioned through the LCFF specific to transportation.

Districts and COEs with LCFF add-ons less than 60% of eligible expenditures OR who incur eligible expenditures but do not receive a LCFF add-on must complete a Transportation Service Plan by April 1, 2023, or risk losing the additional funding generated through the reimbursement. This plan must be adopted by the governing board on or before April 1, and will be checked as part of the annual audit. Those that choose not to develop a Transportation Services Plan will receive an audit finding and a corresponding reversal of funding.

The first year’s plan is intended to address both the current transportation program in 2022-23 and the plan describing the prioritized transportation services to identified pupils in 2023-24. Please note that the requirement to address two years will only apply this year. To accommodate this, we have updated the attached template to include two tabs, one for FY 2022-23 and another for FY 2023-24. Future plans will only need to address updates for the coming year. For more information, please refer to CDEs NEW Home-to-School Transportation Reimbursement<www.cde.ca.gov/ls/tn/tr/#TransportationServicesPlan> webpage.

We understand that each transportation program is unique, so please feel free to reach out to your district financial advisor or CDE if you have specific questions.

Regards,

School Business Advisory Services Team
Santa Barbara County Education Office

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