State Ex Rel. Reynolds v. Nusbaum

Prior to the amendment of sec. 40.53 (1), Stats., by ch. 648, Laws of 1961,1 this statute required that *154school boards operating public elementary or high schools provide transportation to and from school for all pupils residing in the district two or more miles from the nearest public school they might attend, subject to the exception contained in sec. 40.55. Sec. 40.55 provides that secs. 40.53, 40.54, and 40.56 shall not apply to pupils who reside in cities, except that, if a city determines to furnish transportation on an optional basis, the same state aid shall be allowed as is provided…