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Board approves USDB request to seek $2 million for pupil transportation amid projected enrollment growth
Summary
The board approved a USDB legislative funding request that would allow the agency to bill for up to $2,000,000 in additional pupil transportation costs driven by growth in self‑contained classrooms and new routes; officials said the request reflects projected needs and differences between district formulas and USDB contractual route funding.
The Utah State Board of Education approved a USDB legislative funding request enabling the Utah School for the Deaf and Blind to secure up to $2,000,000 in additional pupil transportation funding for the 2025–26 legislative session to cover anticipated new routes created by enrollment growth.
USDB leadership described the request as a technical, budgetary step to allow the agency to bill the pupil transportation fund for actual increased route costs should projected student growth materialize. Superintendent Joel Coleman said federal special education law (IDEA) requires USDB to transport campus students curb‑to‑curb and that the agency’s transportation costs rise as routes and student counts increase.
Coleman and Deputy Superintendent Scott Jones told the board the $2,000,000 is not new recurring money that was previously in the base budget; last year the legislature allowed USDB to use a $2,000,000 surplus from a driver‑education fund as a one‑time transfer to cover an immediate shortfall. That one‑time transfer was…
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