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Committee reopens questions about using public transit for student transport
Summary
Members exchanged differing accounts of whether and how public transit can and does provide student transport and agreed to gather more information about federal rules, district policies, and examples where transit and school transport overlap.
The committee discussed whether public transit can be used to transport students in place of traditional school-bus service and whether federal rules or district policies limit those arrangements.
Members said testimony showed mixed practice statewide: in some areas public-transit providers already transport students when routes align with school needs; in others, separate yellow school buses continue to serve students and federal or safety rules restrict…
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