Section 15.1-30-15 - Transportation services to nonpublic students - Joint provision of transportation services1. If the board of a school district provides transportation services to its students, the board may provide transportation services to students attending nonpublic schools, provided: a. The nonpublic school students are transported only along the bus route established for the public school students;b. The nonpublic school students are transported only on the days and at the times that the public school students are transported; andc. The legal passenger capacity of each bus is not exceeded by the transportation of nonpublic school students.2.a. The board of a school district that provides transportation to its students may contract with other local, state, or federal government entities for the joint provision and integration of transportation services to the public.b. A contract under this section must provide for the observation of all safety requirements otherwise imposed by law on schoolbuses, on school vehicles, and on schoolbus drivers when students are being transported.