Non-Public School Transportation Information
In accordance with RC 3327.02, the board of education of a city, exempted village, or local school district may determine that it is impractical to transport a pupil who is eligible for transportation to and from a school under section 3327.01 of the Revised Code.
Students K through 12 who live in the Mentor Public Schools district and do not have transportation provided by Mentor Schools may be eligible for transportation reimbursement under the following state guidelines:
Students K through 12 who live in the Mentor Public Schools district and do not have transportation provided by Mentor Schools may be eligible for transportation reimbursement under the following state guidelines:
To qualify for this reimbursement the school of attendance must be within a 30 minute drive via Bus from the Mentor School your student would have enrolled in to the non public school they are now attending. These guidelines can be found on the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce website.
The following forms must be submitted by the following due dates:
One Transportation Request form for the upcoming year due by April 1
It is required by law that you request transportation in order to be deemed as impractical or ineligible
One returned letter of impracticality signed and returned by July 1
Once we have received your request for transportation you will get a letter of acceptance or denial, you will need to sign and return this letter to the transportation department by the due date.
One Reimbursement Request form By Sept 1
This form is needed to process your request for reimbursement is you are deemed impractical
Two completed copies of the Contract By Sept 1
This is the contract between you and Mentor Schools that is needed for payment in Lieu
Verification of Attendance 24-25 by June 15
This is required by Mentor Schools to verify that your student(s) attended the school in which you are requesting payment in lieu for.
Requests received after the deadline will NOT be accepted. Due to issues with USPS we are asking that you please scan and email these forms and verification they were received will be sent.
Please email these forms to: [email protected] It is also the responsibility of the parent/guardian to notify us of any changes in home address or school of attendance.
First week of May, we will send out to the home address on file, the Verification of Attendance forms for each child we have on record, this form will need to be given to the school of enrollment to verify attendance, once completed it will need to be returned to Mentor Schools Transportation Department by June 15th. Please do not rely on your school to return this form for you. We ask that again like the above documents you email them to the transportation department at: [email protected] This form is required to be returned on time to receive your payment.
First week of May, we will send out to the home address on file, the Verification of Attendance forms for each child we have on record, this form will need to be given to the school of enrollment to verify attendance, once completed it will need to be returned to Mentor Schools Transportation Department by June 15th. Please do not rely on your school to return this form for you. We ask that again like the above documents you email them to the transportation department at: [email protected] This form is required to be returned on time to receive your payment.
Payments will be sent out Mid to End of July each year after approved by the board, this is only for those forms that were returned by the due date. Any form not returned by the due date will no longer be eligible for payment.