Help Screen for the ST-3 Special Aid Fund Schedule B3, Form 54 Lines 220 - 228

Reporting of Summer Transportation Expenditures for Students with Disabilities (SWDs) Enrolled in Education Law Section 4408, Section 4201, and OPWDD Chapters 47, 66, & 721 July and August Programs

The summer program for students with disabilities (SWDs) is a 6-week program. For this 6-week period only, districts may claim expenditures based on the percentage of staff time (or actual cost of services) provided to SWDs. Districts need to reduce reported expenditures based on the percentage of time staff time related to transporting regular education students during this 6-week period plus time working on other activities.

All transportation expenditures for the 3 summer weeks outside the 6-week summer school programs listed above for SWDs should be excluded.

District Operated Transportation Services

ST-3 Code # Form 54 Line # ST-3 Trans Help Screen Instructions
F5511.16 220 Noninstructional Salaries (Excl Trans Supv Office) - Report the percentage of the expenditures for the salaries of the mechanics, bus drivers, head bus driver, dispatchers*, and student bus attendees (matrons, assistant drivers) related to transporting students with disabilities enrolled in the 6-week summer school program. Exclude expenditures for the other 3 summer weeks plus the percentage of the 6-week salaries related to transporting regular education students or working on other activities.
(*Dispatcher salaries may be recorded as part of Line 220 or 221.)
F5511.16 221 Noninstructional Salaries (Trans Supervisor Office) - Report the percentage of the expenditures for the salaries of the transportation supervisor, transportation office secretary, assistant transportation supervisor, and dispatchers* related to transporting students with disabilities enrolled in the 6-week summer school program. Exclude expenditures for the other 3 summer weeks plus the percentage of the 6-week salaries related to transporting regular education students or working on other activities.
(*Dispatcher salaries may be recorded as part of Line 220 or Line 221.)
F5511.4 222 Contractual and Other - Report "Contractual and Other" transportation expenditures for students with disabilities (SWDs) enrolled in the 6-week summer school program. Exclude all expenditures for the other 3 summer weeks plus expenditures during the 6-week period related to transporting regular education students or working on other activities.
F5511.45 223 Materials and Supplies - Report the percentage of expenditures for daily consumables like fuel, oil, and lubricants related to transporting students with disabilities enrolled in the 6-week summer school program. Exclude the percentage of the 6-week expenditures related to transporting regular education students or working on other activities. Exclude expenditures for the other 3 summer weeks.
F5511.8 224 Employee Benefits - Report the percentage of transportation employee fringe benefit expenditures for social security, retirement, workers' compensation, individual (not family) health and dental, disability, and unemployment insurance related to transporting students with disabilities enrolled in the 6-week summer school program. Even if the district provides family health and dental insurance, the maximum you may report here is the individual health and dental insurance rate for the 6-week summer period. Exclude the percentage of fringe benefit expenditures related to transporting regular education students or working on other activities during this 6-week period, plus all expenditures for the remaining 3 weeks in the summer.

Outside Transportation Services

ST-3 Code # Form 54 Line # ST-3 Trans Help Screen Instructions
F5541.4 226 Contract Transportation - Report contract expenditures for transporting students with disabilities enrolled in the 6-week summer school program. Exclude any contract transportation expenditures for transporting regular education students or working on other activities during this 6-week period plus all expenditures for the remaining 3 weeks of the summer.
F5551.4 227 Public Transportation - Report expenditures for public transit costs for students with disabilities enrolled in the 6-week summer school program. Exclude any public transportation expenditures for transporting regular education students during the summer.
F5582.49 228 Transportation Services from BOCES - Report expenditures for BOCES transportation services for students with disabilities enrolled in the 6-week summer school program. Exclude any transportation services from BOCES for regular education students or working on other activities during this 6-week period plus all expenditures for the remaining 3 weeks of the summer.
Last Updated: May 15, 2023