With C.W.'s mother (“Mother”) on an alternating week basis pursuant to a court order. Watts (“Father”) shares legal and physical custody of his child, C.W., The facts of this case are not in dispute. Accordingly, we affirm the decision of the Commonwealth Court. For the reasons set forth herein, we agree that the School District is required to provide free transportation to and from both parents' residences in this case. The Commonwealth Court held that the Manheim Township School District (“the School District”) must provide transportation to both parents' residences. We granted review to consider whether the Public School Code of 1949 1 mandates that a school district provide free transportation to a student from two different residences where the student's parents share physical custody of the student and both parents reside within the school district. SAYLOR, C.J., EAKIN, BAER, TODD, STEVENS, JJ. Reese, Esq., Lancaster, Reese, Samley, Wagenseller, Mecum & Longer, PC, for Timothy L. Katherine Marie Fitz Patrick, Esq., Pennsylvania School Boards Association, Inc., for Pennsylvania School Boards Association. Frankhouser, Jr., Esq., Hartman Underhill & Brubaker, L.L.P., Lancaster, David Michael Walker, Esq., for Manheim Township School District.
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