Transportation for extracurricular activities

[ThinkPurple]

My daughter ha curb to curb transportation, and decided to do volleyball this year. She’s been doing great, but my mom has been picking her up after practice. Well, my mom‘s car broke down. The school doesn’t offer a bus later than 4, and practice is off of school grounds for 7th graders.

 

She had in her IEP that she got transportation from afterschool activities, then they took it out in 6th grade saying the coop doesn’t allow for it because they don’t run that late.

 

Is there anything I can do to get her transportation for sports? Other kids walk home (she’s an eloped) or get picked up.

[Carolyn Rowlett]

The IDEA requires the following:

The public agency must ensure that each child with a disability has the supplementary aids and services determined by the child’s IEP team to be appropriate and necessary for the child to participate in nonacademic settings.

This can include transportation.  The issue in your scenario is that the IEP team removed the service.  You need to request a meeting to discuss this decision.  The reason for removing a service cannot be because "the bus doesn't run that late."  It can only be removed if the service is not necessary for the child to participate in the extra-curricular activity.  That it what you need to stress - that curb-to-curb transportation is necessary for your child to participate.  It is for the academic setting, so why wouldn't it be for the non-academic setting?  There are other ways to provide curb-to-curb transportation such as Ubers and cabs.