La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § CXIII-1703

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024
Section CXIII-1703 - Salary Compensation: Frozen Mileage
A. Mileage may be frozen at the current rate of compensation for contracted owner-operators of school bus drivers as mandated in R.S. 17:497.
B. Frozen mileage guarantees that the contract owner/operator cannot be penalized by a reduction of compensated mileage (except as may be requested by the owner/operator) for a period of seven years when a new bus is purchased or five years when a used bus not more than five model year old is purchased.
C. If route mileage is increased, operational mileage compensation must be increased accordingly, if route mileage is decreased because of circumstances beyond the control of the owner/operator, operational mileage compensation shall not be reduced below the mileage level indicated on the original School Bus Purchase Form.
D. If a driver requests and is granted less mileage than the frozen mileage, actual mileage shall be compensated.
E. Frozen mileage applies only when the owner/operator makes a purchase of a new or used bus not more than five model years old.
F. The transfer of a bus from spouse to spouse, acquisition as a gift, etc., other than a purchase does not afford frozen mileage to the person who acquires the bus.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § CXIII-1703

Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 25:634 (April 1999), amended LR 36:1475 (July 2010).
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:158, R.S. 17:160-161, R.S. 17:164-166, and R.S 17:497.