Section 8-27-5 - Eligibility(a) fare free riders shall include: (1) Students who receive transportation under the provisions of Hawaii administrative rules for students with disabilities;(2) Students who have been identified on their application for transportation services as homeless;(3) Students who have been identified on their application for transportation services as a foster child. The foster parent shall provide a copy of a family court order or a letter from a case worker on official department of human services letterhead for verification purposes; or(4) Elementary students who reside a mile or more from school, and secondary students who reside 1.5 miles or more from school, attend the school in their public school attendance area, and are:(A) A member of a family receiving financial assistance pursuant to department of human services administrative rules; or(B) A member of a family which meets current income poverty guidelines of the United States Department of Agriculture criteria to receive free school lunch, or for schools that participate in the federal Community Eligibility Provision program or other program that provides all students with free lunch regardless of each individual family's income, a family which has been certified eligible by the department of human services to participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program;(C) The fourth or more student of a family and the first three students are paying the fare to and from school;(D) Transferred to another school because of a grade transfer from one school to another, but the student shall receive transportation only for the time that the student would have been in the grade which was transferred;(E) Transferred to another school because the school was consolidated, but the student shall receive transportation only for the remaining number of years that the student would have been in attendance at the school which was consolidated;(F) Required by the department to attend a school other than the school in the student's public school attendance area; or(G) Directed by the district to attend another school because the student's public school attendance area was redefined (redistricted), but the student shall be eligible to receive fare free transportation for only the time the student would have been attending the school that was redistricted.(b) Fare riders shall include:(1) Elementary students who reside a mile or more from school, and secondary students who reside 1.5 miles or more from school in their public school attendance area; or(2) Elementary students not eligible for transportation because they reside less than one mile from school or are on geographic exception and secondary students not eligible for transportation because they reside less than 1.5 miles from school or are on geographic exception; provided there are unused seats on the bus and accommodation will not result in additional cost to the State as determined by the department.(c) A mileage transportation reimbursement may be made available to parents, guardians, or designees at the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) standard mileage reimbursement rate for Hawaii used in computing the value of business use of an automobile. Future increases or decreases in the mileage reimbursement amount shall be effective the first day of January after an IRS rate change. Procedures relating to mileage transportation reimbursement have been developed by the department.[Eff 3/3/84; am and comp 9/5/95; am and comp 3/29/03; am and comp 6/15/09] (Auth: HRS § 302A-1112) (Imp: Hawaii Const. Art. X, §3; HRS §§ 302A-1101, 302A-1112, 302A-406, HAR § 8-37-4; P.L. 107-110 )Am and comp 8/23/19 comp 6/7/2021