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Superintendents and town leaders press for full funding, reforms to regional school transportation
Summary
Superintendents, school committee members and municipal officials told the Joint Committee on Education that regional districts face escalating bus costs, limited vendor competition and unreliable reimbursements and urged passage of H697/S328 and related reforms.
School superintendents, union leaders and municipal officials told the Joint Committee on Education that rising transportation costs are a major and growing fiscal burden for regional and non‑regional districts and urged lawmakers to fund regional transportation fully and study procurement practices.
"This broken promise is forcing regional districts to divert precious resources away from our classrooms," said Brian Forgett (Triton superintendent), referencing the statutory requirement that regional districts provide K–12 transportation under M.G.L. ch. 71, §16C and the Commonwealth’s historical commitment to reimburse those costs.
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