                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

TRANSPORTATION OF PUPILS AUTHORIZED; WHEN FEE MAY BE CHARGED; CONTRIBUTIONS;
REGULATIONS OF BOARD OF EDUCATION (§ 22.1-176)

A. School boards may provide for the transportation of pupils, but nothing
herein contained shall be construed as requiring such transportation except as
provided in &#xA7; 22.1-221.

B. When a school board provides transportation to pupils for extracurricular
activities, other than those covered by an activity fund, which are sponsored by
the pupils&#8217; school apart from the regular instructional program and which
the pupils are not required to attend or participate in, the school board may
accept contributions for such transportation or charge each pupil utilizing such
transportation a reasonable fee not to exceed his pro rata share of the cost of
providing such transportation. A school board may waive such fees for any pupil
whose parent or guardian is financially unable to pay them.

C. When a school board provides transportation to pupils for field trips which
are a part of the program of the pupils&#8217; school or are sponsored by such
school, the school board may accept contributions for such transportation.

D. The Board of Education shall promulgate such regulations as shall be in the
public interest to effect the intent of this section.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 22-72.1, 22-97.1; 1954, c. 291; 1956, Ex. Sess., c. 60;
1959, Ex. Sess., c. 79, § 1; 1968, c. 501; 1970, c. 156; 1971, Ex. Sess., c.
161; 1972, c. 86; 1975, cc. 308, 328; 1976, c. 99; 1978, cc. 430, 527; 1980, c.
559.