TRANSPORTATION REPORT INFOMATION:

 

Note: Transportation Operations Report Announcement
The FSP System will be available for input of the 2010–2011 Student Transportation Operations Report data beginning October 1, 2011. The report must be in SENT status by December 1, 2011. To access the Student Transportation Operations Report, your school district must have its 2010–2011 School Transportation Route Services Report in SUBMITTED (Approved) status.

Before completing and filing the report in the online FSP System, please read the Student Transportation Operations Report instructions, available on the School Transportation Funding web page or at http://www.tea.state.tx.us/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=6506&libID=6518 (please note that these instructions dated for school year 2008–2009 are still current and effective through school year 2010–2011). 

If you have questions or if you need more information, contact the School Transportation Allotment program administrators in the Texas Education Agency's Office of School Finance:
Gary B. Marek, telephone: (512) 463-9190, email: gary.marek@tea.state.tx.us
Danny Sanchez, telephone: (512) 463-9266, email: danny.sanchez@tea.state.tx.us

ESC 12 Transportation Work Session: Region 12 Transportation Reporting and Funding Work Session will be November 16, 2011. Please log-in and register at https://register.esc12.net/default.aspx (Session #36891)
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NEW: Bus Accident Reporting System (BARS) 2010-2011 BARS Survey Information:
EVERY school district and open-enrollment charter school must use the survey to submit its own individual report between July 1 and August 31. If no accidents meeting the reporting requirements occurred during the school year, your school district or charter school must submit a report showing zero as the number of bus accidents. If an incident involved a citation, your district or charter school must report the incident as an accident. For an incident that did not involve a citation, your district or charter school has discretion over whether to report the incident as an accident.  
Please take a few minutes to preview the 2010-2011 BARS survey questions so that you may prepare your data in advance.
Preview 2010-2011 BARS Survey Questions
Click here to take the survey.
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Change in School Transportation Allotment Prior-year Data Adjustment Program Policy:The Texas Education Agency announces a change in School Transportation Allotment program policy. Prior to this notice, school districts and charter schools could make prior-year data adjustments to their transportation reports for the 2001-2002 school year and subsequent years. Effective September 1, 2011, adjustments to school districts’ or charter schools’ transportation data may be requested no later than three years following August 31 of the state fiscal year for which the adjustments are sought. The School Transportation Allotment Handbook, effective with the 2011–2012 school year, will be revised to reflect this change.
For more information, contact the School Transportation Allotment program administrators in the TEA State Funding Division:
Gary Marek, telephone: (512) 463-9190, email: gary.marek@tea.state.tx.us
Danny Sanchez, telephone: (512) 463-9266, email: danny.sanchez@tea.state.tx.us
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Transportation Route Services Report Due Dates: The Foundation School Program (FSP) System will be available for input of the school year 2010–2011 Route Services Report data on June 1, 2011. The due date for the report to be in SENT status is July 1, 2011.
There were several significant changes to funding eligibility or reporting for school year 2010–2011. The Instructions for Completing the School Transportation Route Services Report, May 2011, document contains a summary page and additional details about these changes. Please review the report instructions before compiling data and filing the report in the online FSP System. The instructions can be found on the School Transportation Funding web page at http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index2.aspx?id=2147484107&menu_id=645.
For more information, contact the School Transportation Allotment program administrators in the Texas Education Agency State Funding Division: Gary B. Marek, telephone: (512) 463-9190, email: gary.marek@tea.state.tx.us Danny Sanchez, telephone: (512) 463-9266, email: danny.sanchez@tea.state.tx.us
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2009-10 Bus Accident Reporting System survey:This message is to notify you that, per statutory and rule requirements, your school district or open-enrollment charter school must report information on bus accidents that occurred during the 2009–2010 school year to the Texas Education Agency (TEA). Please forward this message to the person who is responsible for reporting bus accidents to the TEA for your school district or open-enrollment charter school if you are not responsible for reporting this information.

The TEA has created a web-based survey for you to use in reporting this information. It opens today, June 30, and closes August 31. The survey, as well as a PDF that allows you to preview the survey questions, is available at http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index2.aspx?id=7732&menu_id=645. |

Every school district and open-enrollment charter school must use the survey to submit its own individual report by August 31. If no accidents meeting the reporting requirements occurred during the school year, your school district or charter school must submit a report showing zero as the number of bus accidents.
A note on what to report: If an incident involved a citation, your district or charter school must report the incident as an accident. For an incident that did not involve a citation, your district or charter school has discretion over whether to report the incident as an accident.

You can find additional information on bus accident reporting requirements and on the survey at http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index2.aspx?id=7732&menu_id=645. If you have further questions, please contact Rob Caudill in the Forecasting and Fiscal Analysis Division at (512) 475-3925.

NOTE:CHANGES IN TRANSPORTATION HANDBOOK FORM 2010-11:Beginning School Year 2010-2011 some significant changes will become effective regarding school transportation funding eligibility and reporting.  A new Transportation Allotment Handbook effective SY 2010-2011 has been posted on the School Transportation Funding website at, http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index2.aspx?id=2147484107&menu_id=645. Please review the new handbook and make appropriate changes in preparing for your new school year. Please do not confuse these changes with SY 2009-2010 eligibility and reporting.

NOTICE: From TEA Regarding Transportation Report: Annual transportation reports must be completed using the web-based Foundation School Program Payment System (FSP).

Link to School Transportation Allotment Handbook (May 2009)

Link to School transportation Funding Webpage for supporting documents and instructions.

For 2008-09 ESC Region 12 Transportation Workshops, Please register at https://register.esc12.net/default.aspx
See Workshop dates and session numbers below.

The Foundation School Program (TEASE) system will be available June 1st for input of the 2008-2009 Student Transportation Route Services Report. Due date for the report to be in "SENT" status is no later than July 1, 2009.

The instructions for preparing and completing the Student Transportation Route Services Report have been posted on the School Finance website at http://www.tea.state.tx.us/school.finance/transportation/index.html (posted May, 2008). The instructions contain several updates. If you have any questions regarding the report, contact Gary or Randy or Woody at 254.297.1212.

The Foundation School Program (TEASE) system will be available for input of the 2008-2009 Student Transportation Operations Report data beginning October 1, 2009. Due date for the report to be in "SENT" status is no later than December 1, 2009. In order to access the Student Transportation Operations Report the 2008-2009 Student Transportation Route Services Report must be in SUBMITTED (Approved) status.

The instructions for preparing and completing the Student Transportation Operations Report have been posted on the School Finance website at http://www.tea.state.tx.us/school.finance/transportation/index.html . The instructions contain several updates. If you have questions regarding the report please contact Gary or Randy or Woody at 254.297.1212.

Trip Tickets – These tickets help you document mileage for all non-regular route trips, co-curricular route trips and other uses necessary for completing your Operations Report.

Register of Eligible Riders form – This form is helpful to document ridership for your Route Services Report.

Bus Inventory and Fiscal Year Odometer Readings template (Excel spreadsheet) – This template is helpful for your Operations Report. It calculates the deprecation value, annual amount and total mileage for the school year.