1.    Subject to legislative appropriation, the superintendent of public instruction shall pay each school district transporting students enrolled in special education programs approved by the superintendent of public instruction:

a.    The amount provided in section 15.1-27-26.1 for vehicles that have a capacity of fewer than ten students if the school district is transporting fewer than ten students per vehicle; b.    The amount provided in section 15.1-27-26.1 for vehicles that have a capacity of ten or more students if the school district is transporting ten or more students per vehicle; and

c.    The additional amount provided in section 15.1-27-26.1, per one-way trip, for each student transported.

2.    Subject to legislative appropriation, a school district entitled to payments under this section is entitled to receive transportation aid for all miles [kilometers] traveled and for all students transported, regardless of whether the students transported live within the incorporated limits of the city in which the students’ school is located.

3. Subject to legislative appropriation, the superintendent of public instruction shall reimburse school districts fifty cents per day per mile [1.61 kilometers] if:

a.    The student being transported has a disability, as defined in chapter 15.1-32; b.    The student has an individualized education plan that requires the student attend a public or nonpublic school located outside the student’s school district of residence; c. The student is transported by an adult family member in family provided transportation; and

d.    The reimbursement does not exceed two round trips per day between the home of the student and the school.

4.    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the superintendent of public instruction, upon request from the school district, shall make the payments due to a school district under this section directly to a multidistrict special education unit.