School districts in Iowa are required by Iowa Code 285.9 to have each AEA Board of Directors review and approve all transportation agreements between districts and to approve all bus routes outside the boundary of the school operating buses.

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Agreements are typically approved in the spring and routes approved in the fall. Superintendents will be reminded before they are taken to the Central Rivers AEA board for approval.

Spring 2023:  District Transportation Agreements for 2023-2024

  • Districts can access their current agreements online and superintendents or transportation directors simply need to scroll down to their respective district(s) to view their individual permissions and agreements that are currently in effect.
  • If there are no changes, you do not need to do anything further. Your current agreements will stay in effect.
  • If there are updates that need to be made, please email those to Lori Thomas, Executive Assistant/Board Secretary at Central Rivers AEA (lthomas@centralriversaea.org) and those updates will be made for you. Be sure to notify the superintendents of any impacted districts of your updates. A record of all updates/changes will be kept with the date received.

Please note that on the very first page of the agreements, the Permissible Situations are listed for your convenience.

Fall 2023:  District Transportation Routes for 2023-2024

  • Districts can access their current routes online and superintendents or transportation directors simply need to scroll down to their respective district(s) to view their individual routes (vehicle type, roads traveled and reason) that are currently in effect.
  • If there are no changes, you do not need to do anything further. Your current routes will stay in effect.
  • If there are updates that need to be made, please email those to Lori Thomas, Executive Assistant/Board Secretary at Central Rivers AEA (lthomas@centralriversaea.org) and those updates will be made for you. Be sure to notify the superintendents of any impacted districts of your updates. A record of all updates/changes will be kept with the date received.