CONTACT PERSON(S)
    NAME: Malinda Moore
    Herman Carter
     
    PHONE: (850) 488-5142
     
    (850) 488-4405
    SUNCOM: 278-5142
    September 27, 2002 278-4405
     
    CFO
     
    03-22
      
     
    MEMORANDUM
     
    TO:
     
      
    District School Superintendents
     
    FROM:
    Wayne V. Pierson
     
    SUBJECT:
    October 2002-03 Transportation Survey
     
     
    The 2002-03 Student Transportation October survey will be conducted the
    week of October 7-11, 2002. The Automated Student Transportation
    Survey Information System at Northwest Regional Data Center must be
    used by all districts to transmit their student transportation information.
     
    Beginning July 1, 2002, the 2002-03 Student Transportation General
    Instructions have been revised to reflect changes in membership categories
    as follows:
     
    Category B, IDEA, Unweighted, K-12, is revised to include only those non-
    weighted students with disabilities who live less than two miles from
    school, but are eligible for transportation funding. All of the two miles or
    more unweighted IDEA students should be reported in Category H along
    with the existing non-disabled students who live two miles or more.
     
    Category D, IDEA PreK, Unweighted, has been eliminated. As all PreK
    students are eligible for transportation funding regardless of distance, there
    is no need to report them in a separate category. For reporting purposes,
    PreK students that were currently reported in this category should be
    reported in Category E.
     
     
     
     
    CFO Memo 03-22
    September 27, 2002
    Page 2
     
     
     
    Effective January 7, 2003, the criteria for identification of hazardous walking conditions will
    change pursuant to enactment of Section 1006.23, Florida Statutes.
     
    Please refer to the 2002-03 Student Transportation General Instructions for student eligibility,
    reporting criteria, and instructions for on-line data entry. The General Instructions may be
    viewed at: http://www.firn.edu/doe/rules/memos/cfomemos/attach0302.pdf. The deadline for transmitting
    October survey data is November 8, 2002. The attached form letter which certifies the adjusted
    membership and the number of buses reported on the database is due to this office by
    November 14, 2002. The information in this letter is compared with the Department's report to
    ensure that correct information is used in the transportation funding formula.
     
    The on-line data entry system will close approximately three weeks following the transmission
    deadline for each survey so that our staff may analyze and incorporate this information into the
    transportation calculation. After this period, the on-line data entry system will re-open and
    amendments may be entered. Please contact this office if assistance is needed.
     
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    Attachments
     
    cc: District Finance Officers
    Transportation Directors
    ESE Directors
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    Student Transportation
     
     
     
    Reporting Deadlines 2001-2002 and 2002-2003
     
    2001-2002
     
    Survey 1
    Survey week: July 16-20, 2001
    Due Date: September 21, 2001
    Final Update/Amendment Date: May 3, 2002
     
    Survey 2
    Survey week: October 8-12, 2001
    Due Date: November 9, 2001
    Final Update/Amendment Date: July 26, 2002
     
    Survey 3
    Survey week: February 4-8, 2002
    Due Date: March 8, 2002
    Final Update/Amendment Date: November 22, 2002
     
    Survey 4
    Survey week: June 17-21, 2002
    Due Date: July 19, 2002
    Final Update/Amendment Date: April 4, 2003
     
    2002-2003
     
    Survey 1
    Survey week: July 15-19, 2002
    Due Date: September 20, 2002
    Final Update/Amendment Date: May 2, 2003
     
    Survey 2
    Survey week: October 7-11, 2002
    Due Date: November 8, 2002
    Final Update/Amendment Date: July 25, 2003
     
    Survey 3
    Survey week: February 3-7, 2003
    Due Date: March 7, 2003
    Final Update/Amendment Date: November 21, 2003
     
    Survey 4
    Survey week: June 16-20, 2003
    Due Date: July 18, 2003
    Final Update/Amendment Date: April 2, 2004
     
     
     
     
    ATTENTION: MALINDA MOORE
     
     
     
     
    Date: _____________________
    Due Date: November 14, 2002
     
    Fax Number: (850) 922-6742
     
    SunCom: 292-6742
     
     
    Mr. David Montford
    Florida Department of Education
    Office of Funding and Financial Reporting
    325 W. Gaines Street, Room 824
    Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0400
     
    Dear Mr. Montford:
     
    This letter is provided to certify the student transportation information totals in the Automated
    Student Transportation Survey Information Data Base for the July and October surveys for the
    ____________________ School District (this information is located on the Browse Screen and
    represents only eligible membership totals). Zeros are entered below if there were no
    transported students during the July survey. All district schools, as appropriate, are represented.
     
     
    Total
    Total
    Total
     
    Buses
    Adjusted Base Students
    Adjusted ESE Students
    (Excluding
    Intersession)
          
     
    July 2002 survey total __________ ___________________ ___________
     
      
    October 2002 survey total __________ ___________________ ___________
     
     
    Sincerely,
     
     
     
    ________________________________________
    Signature of Transportation Director or Designee
     
     
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