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District 64 board adopts narrower transportation policy to preserve preschool IEP access
Summary
The Board of Education adopted revised Policy 4-1-10 on Aug. 14 to permit transportation for preschool students who require it as a specialized service in their IEPs and to require a single, consistent pickup/drop-off location each day; the board waived the first reading and voted to adopt the policy that night.
The Board of Education for District 64 voted Aug. 14 to adopt revised transportation Policy 4-1-10, restoring limited transportation for preschool students whose individualized education program (IEP) specifies specialized transportation and establishing that students must have the same pickup and drop-off location each school day. The board also waived a first reading and moved the policy from the consent agenda to take final action that night.
The policy committee presented the change as a narrow exception intended to ensure preschool students who have short, part‑day special education placements can access district services. “We left out a group of preschool students that really need transportation to be able to access their services from District 64,” the…
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