Section 3317.072 - Transportation collaboration grants(A) The transportation collaboration fund is hereby created in the state treasury for fiscal years 2022 and 2023. The fund shall consist of money appropriated for this purpose by the general assembly. The department of education and workforce shall use money in the fund for grants awarded under this section.(B)(1) For fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the department shall award transportation collaboration grants each fiscal year to city, local, and exempted village school districts for efforts that lead to shared resource management, routing consolidation, regional collaboration, or other activities that have the potential to reduce transportation operating costs.(2) The department shall determine the amount of each grant awarded, but no grant shall exceed $10,000 for any fiscal year.(3) The department shall adopt rules regarding all of the following: (a) The process for city, local, and exempted village school districts to submit applications for grants awarded under this section, including the deadline for those applications to be submitted;(b) The application form for grants awarded under this section;(c) The requirements and process for grant recipients to be eligible to renew their grants in future fiscal years;(d) Any other rules necessary to implement the provisions of this section.Amended by 135th General Assembly, HB 33,§130.100, eff. 10/3/2023.Added by 134th General Assembly, HB 110,§101.01, eff. 9/30/2021.