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Syosset board approves joining Nassau BOCES transportation consortium
Summary
The Syosset Central School District Board of Education voted at a special meeting to join a Nassau BOCES cooperative to bid for nonpublic pupil transportation and approved an intermunicipal agreement to allow the district to purchase seats on shared bus runs.
The Syosset Central School District Board of Education voted at a special meeting to authorize participation in a Nassau BOCES cooperative for nonpublic pupil transportation and approved an intermunicipal cooperative agreement that will allow the district to procure transportation by purchasing seats on shared bus runs.
Dr. Rogers, a district administrator, told the board the cooperative — created about 13 to 14 years ago by Nassau BOCES — allows districts to combine or share nonpublic routes so bus companies (or BOCES) can bid on larger, more competitive sets of runs. "Prior to the pandemic, it saved school districts…
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