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8 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT. 8.1 PACT will utilize the UFARS financial accounting principles and methods. Student accounting will comply with MARSS requirements. All accounting records will be audited annually by a public accounting firm engaged by the PACT CHARTIiR SCHOOL Board of Directors. 8.2 PACT will comply with the same financial audits, audit procedures, and audit requirements of public school districts (Minnesota Statutes sections 123B.75 to 12313.83) except when deviations are necessary because of PACT's program. 8.3 PACT shall provide 13ETIIP1, [UNIVERSITY with a final copy of the annual audit within fifteen (15) days of its completion and acceptance by the PACT Board. 9 TRANSPORTATION. 9.1 Transportation for pupils enrolled at PACT may he provided by PACT CHARTER SCHOOL. If PACT elects to provide transportation, it shall be provided as follows: 9.1.1 PACT shall notify the MINNESOTA INDEPENIENT SCHOOL DISTRICT in which PACT facilities are located and the Department of Education by July 1 prior to the upcoming school year its commitment and plan regarding provision of transportation for pupils enrolled at PACT. 9.1.2 PACT shall provide manageable transportation for PACT students within the school district where PACT resides. Other reasonable efforts may be made to accommodate transportation needs where significant portions of the PACT student population live, according to PACT'S policies and procedures. 9.1.3 The Department of Education shall pay transportation aid to PACT according to Minnesota Statutes section 124D.11, subdivision 2. 9.1.4 PACT may reimburse a parent for costs of transportation from the pupil's residence to the border of the MINNESOTA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT in which PAC"I' facilities are located if the pupil is from a family whose income is at or below the poverty level as determined by the federal government. The reimbursement may not exceed the pupil's actual cost of transportation or the current allowed cost per mile traveled, whichever is less. Reimbursement may not be paid for more than current limit on toile per week travel. 9.2 If PACT does not elect to provide transportation for pupils enrolled at PACT, transportation shall be provided by the School District in which PACT facilities are located according to Minnesota Statutes section 124DA3, subdivision 8, and section 123B.88, subdivision 6, for a pupil residing in the same district in which PACT facilities are located. Transportation provided by the School District in which PACT facilities are located to and from the School shall be provided as follows: 9.2.1 All transportation routes, pick-up points and times, student bus assignments, method of transportation, and other transportation scheduling shall be established by that School District. 9.2.2 PACT may ell ter into a separate Contract with a school district to receive additional transportation services for extracurricular events, field trips, and other aclt vi ties. PACT Charter School/Bethel University Contract July 2009 Page 5 of 9 D-7 D-10