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Tit. X, Ch. 19. SCHOOL DISTRICTS. §§ 2524-a27-2524-a30.
SEC. 25S4-a27. Transportation by parent—instruction in another
school.
1 The school board may require that children living an unreasonable
2 distance from school shall be transported by the parent or guardian a
3 distance of not more than two miles to connect with any vehicle of
4 transportation to and from school or may contract with an adjoining
5 school corporation for the instruction of any child living an unreason-
6 able distance from school. It shall allow a reasonable compensation
7 for the transportation of children to and from their homes to connect
8 with such vehicle of transportation, or for transporting them to an
9 adjoining district. In determining what an unreasonable distance
10 would be, consideration shall be given to the number and age of the
11 children, the condition of the roads, and the number of miles to be
12 traveled in going to and from school.
[S. S., '15, § 2794-a; 39 G. A., ch. 175, § 27.]
SEC. 2524-a28. Contracts in re transportation—rules.
1 The school board of any school corporation maintaining a central
2 school shall contract with as many suitable persons as it deems neces-
3 sary for the transportation of children of school age to and from school.
4 Such contract shall be in writing and shall state the route, the length
5 of time contracted for, the compensation to be allowed per week of five
6 school days, or per month of four school weeks, and may provide that
7 two weeks' salary shall be retained by the board pending full com-
8 pliance therewith by the party contracted with, and shall always pro-
9 vide that any party or parties to said contract, and every person in
10 charge of vehicles conveying children to and from school, shall be at
11 all times subject to any rules said board shall adopt for the protection
12 of the children, or to govern the conduct of the person in charge of
13 said conveyances.
[S. S., '15, § 2794-a; 39 G. A., ch. 175, § 28.]
SEC. 2524-a29. Violation of rules in re transportation. .
1 Any person driving, managing, or in charge of any vehicle used
2 in transporting children to and from school, who shall be found guilty
3 of violating any of the rules adopted by the board of said school for
4 the guidance of such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and for
5 the first offense shall be fined not less than five dollars nor more than
6 ten dollars and for a subsequent offense shall be fined not less than
7 twenty-five dollars nor more than fifty dollars and shall be dismissed
8 from the service.
[S. S., '15, § 2794-a ; 39 G. A., ch. 175, § 29.]
SEC. 2524-a30. Dissolution of corporation—petition.
1 A school corporation organized for the purpose of maintaining a
2 central school may be dissolved by following the same procedure as in
3 the organization, so far as practicable. A petition describing the
4 boundaries of the districts, of which none shall be less than four gov-
5 ernment sections of land, into which it is proposed to divide the school
6 corporation, and signed by a majority of the qualified voters residing
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