121.53(2)
(2) The policy under this section shall cover the transportation of pupils, their parents or guardians, authorized chaperones, school district officers, faculty and employees and school doctors, dentists and nurses:
121.53(2)(a)
(a) To and from the school or school district which operates the school bus or contracts for its operation.
121.53(2)(b)
(b) In connection with any extracurricular school activity authorized by and made in compliance with
s. 121.54 (7).
121.53(3)
(3) An insurer issuing a policy under this section may exclude coverage for public or livery use of the school bus, but any such exclusion does not apply:
121.53(3)(a)
(a) When the school bus, while regularly used as such, also is used to transport pupils of another public or private school, whether or not a charge is made for such transportation.
121.53(3)(b)
(b) When used in accordance with
sub. (2), whether or not any person lawfully transported is required to pay a charge therefor.
121.53(3)(c)
(c) When the school bus is used as specified in
s. 340.01 (56) (am) for the purpose of transporting elderly or disabled persons in connection with a transportation assistance program for such persons.
121.53(4)
(4) Every school board shall require that there be filed with it and with the department of transportation a certificate of insurance showing that an insurance policy has been procured and is in effect which covers the owner and operator of the school bus and the school board or shall procure an insurance policy and file such certificate with the department of transportation. Unless such certificate is on file with the department of transportation, no registration plates for a school bus may be issued by the department of transportation. No such policy may be terminated prior to its expiration or canceled for any reason, unless a notice thereof is filed with the department of transportation and with the school board by the insurer at least 10 days prior to the date of termination or cancellation. The department of transportation shall revoke the registration of a school bus on which the policy has been terminated or canceled, effective on the date of termination or cancellation.
121.53(5)(a)
(a) A motor vehicle owned or operated by a parent or guardian transporting only the parent's or guardian's own children, whether or not any contract is made with or compensation paid to the parent or guardian for such transportation by a school board.
121.53(5)(b)
(b) A motor vehicle operated by a common carrier certificated under
ch. 194, where such motor vehicle is used under contract pursuant to this subchapter, if the common carrier has complied with
s. 194.41 or
194.42.
121.53(5)(c)
(c) A taxicab regulated by a municipal ordinance under
s. 349.24 when used to transport pupils.
121.53(6)
(6) Within 10 days after its occurrence, every accident involving a motor vehicle while providing transportation under this subchapter shall be reported to the appropriate school board.
121.54
121.54
Transportation by school districts. 121.54(1)(a)(a) Subsections (2) and
(6) and
s. 121.57 do not apply to pupils who reside in a school district that contains all or part of a city unless the school they attend is located outside the city but within the boundaries of the school district.
121.54(1)(b)
(b) If a school district elects under
sub. (2) (c) to provide transportation for the pupils under
par. (a), state aid shall be paid in accordance with
s. 121.58, and there shall be reasonable uniformity in the transportation furnished to the pupils, whether they attend public or private schools.
121.54(1)(c)
(c) Paragraph (a) does not apply to pupils who reside in a school district that contains all or part of a 1st, 2nd or 3rd class city with a population exceeding 40,000 unless transportation for the pupils is available through a common carrier of passengers operating under
s. 85.20 or
ch. 194.
121.54(2)(a)(a) Except as provided in
sub. (1), every school board shall provide transportation to and from public school for all pupils who reside in the school district 2 miles or more from the nearest public school they are entitled to attend.
121.54(2)(am)
(am) In lieu of transporting a pupil who is eligible for transportation under
par. (a) to and from his or her residence, a school district may transport the pupil to or from, or both, a before- and after-school day care program under
s. 120.125, a day care program under
s. 120.13 (14) or any other day care program, family day care home or child care provider.
121.54(2)(b)1.1. Except as provided in
sub. (1) or otherwise provided in this subsection, the school board of each district operating high school grades shall provide transportation to and from the school a pupil attends for each pupil residing in the school district who attends any elementary grade, including kindergarten, or high school grade at a private school located 2 miles or more from the pupil's residence, if such private school is a school within whose attendance area the pupil resides and is situated within the school district or not more than 5 miles beyond the boundaries of the school district measured along the usually traveled route.
121.54(2)(b)2.
2. In lieu of transporting students under
subd. 1. and paying for transportation under
sub. (8) (b), an underlying elementary school district of a union high school district may elect, by resolution adopted at its annual or special meeting, to transport elementary school children who reside within the underlying district and qualify for transportation under
subd. 1., in vehicles owned, operated or contracted for by the district. Once adopted, such a resolution may be repealed only upon one year's notice to the board of the union high school district of which the underlying district is a part. An elementary school district shall notify the union high school district of any action under this paragraph no later than June 15 preceding the school year in which the elementary school district's action takes effect.
121.54(2)(b)3.
3. Annually by April 1, each private school shall submit its proposed attendance area for the ensuing school year to the school board of each school district having territory within the proposed attendance area. If a proposal is not submitted by April 1, the existing attendance area shall remain in effect for the ensuing school year.
121.54(2)(b)4.
4. No later than May 15 in each year, each private school shall notify each school board of the names, grade levels and locations of all pupils, if any, eligible to have transportation provided by such school board under this paragraph and planning to attend such private school during the forthcoming school term. The school board may extend the notification deadline.
121.54 Cross-reference
Cross Reference: See also s.
PI 35.06, Wis. adm. code.
121.54(2)(c)
(c) An annual or special meeting of a common or union high school district, or the school board of a unified school district, may elect to provide transportation for pupils who are not required to be transported under this section, including pupils attending public school under
s. 118.145 (4). Transportation may be provided for all or some of the pupils who reside in the school district to and from the public school they are entitled to attend or the private school, within or outside the school district, within whose attendance area they reside. If transportation is provided for less than all such pupils there shall be reasonable uniformity in the minimum distance that pupils attending public and private schools will be transported. Except for elementary school districts electing to furnish transportation under
par. (b) 2., this paragraph does not permit a school district operating only elementary grades to provide transportation for pupils attending private schools.