National School Transportation Association Transportation Cost Analysis Tool

The School Transportation Cost Analysis Tool was developed by the National School Transportation Association (NSTA) and will help school officials determine the actual and total annual cost of pupil transportation for reporting under The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and the School-Level Finance Survey (SLFS), in addition to helping schools assure maximum cost efficiency in providing student transportation.


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 National School Transportation Association Transportation Cost Analysis Tool 

Description: The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and the School-Level Finance Survey (SLFS) now requires state educational agencies (SEAs) and its local educational agencies (LEAs) to determine and report the per pupil cost of school transportation. 34 C.F.R. § 200.35 requires that each state must develop a single statewide procedure to calculate LEA current expenditures per pupil and a single statewide procedure to calculate school-level current expenditures per pupil for pupil transportation services.  Determining the true cost of pupil transportation is often a challenge because many of the peripheral expenditures associated with pupil transportation may be allocated to other areas of a school budget (example: insurance, benefits, garage facilities, debt cost of fleet purchases, etc). 

The School Transportation Cost Analysis Tool was developed by the National School Transportation Association (NSTA) and will help school officials determine the actual and total annual cost of pupil transportation for reporting under The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and the School-Level Finance Survey (SLFS), in addition to helping schools assure maximum cost efficiency in providing student transportation.  The tool provided can be used with the figures from the most recent complete school year financial reports.  The National School Transportation Association (NSTA) can assist with questions you may have about determining the true cost of your school’s pupil transportation by contacting NSTA at 703-684-3200 or info@yellowbuses.org

Click here to download the resource:PDF iconNSTA Cost Analysis Tool

Publish Date: 2019

Source: National School Transportation Association

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