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Charter school transportation funding in Utah is currently not available, since state law specifically excludes charter schools from receiving the state transportation funds that traditional public school districts get to bus students. This bill would keep that exclusion in place until July 1, 2028, at which point charter schools would become eligible for state transportation funding on the same basis as school districts, subject to future legislative funding decisions and rules the State Board of Education would need to adopt. In the meantime, the bill directs the State Board of Education to study how this transition could work, including projected statewide costs, possible funding models (such as per-student payments, mileage-based funding, or shared regional transportation), effects on existing school district transportation budgets, and equity concerns for rural, suburban, and urban charter schools, with findings due to legislative committees before the November 2027 interim meetings. The current funding exclusion and the related reporting requirements are both set to automatically expire on July 1, 2028, when charter school eligibility takes effect.