Impractical (payment in lieu of)

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.

 

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. This is set forth by the state and can be found on the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce website should you need further guidance. 

Notification in writing in the form of one Reimbursement Request form along with two completed copies of the Contract form must be received this year no later than September 1. Requests received after the deadline will NOT be accepted.

 

The State only gives the District funds for reimbursements based on the number of requests we have received and submitted by their deadline for the current school year. For the 25-26 School year these contracts will be available in May and Must be returned by June 15th  for the above mentioned State reporting and funding purposes.

It is also the responsibility of the parent/guardian to notify us of any changes in home address or school of attendance.

Additionally in 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 if for the school to verify attendance before payment can be distributed, once completed it will need to be returned to Mentor Schools Transportation Department by June 15th. Also due at this time will be your contract for the upcoming year and request for transportation forms. 

 

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 on time. Any form not returned on time will no longer be eligible for payment.