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Committee adopts measure to modernize pupil transportation data collection
Summary
House Bill 1326, as amended, authorizes school districts to use technology for routing and requires annual reporting of students transported across state lines; the committee adopted a technical amendment and approved the bill to collect data to inform future formula updates.
The House Education Committee adopted House Bill 1326 as amended, a measure authors said will let school districts collect additional pupil-transportation data and use modern routing technology instead of manual mileage logs.
Representative Friel, sponsor of the bill, said the legislation is the product of about a year of stakeholder meetings with intermediate units, transportation associations, school business officers and other groups. He said the…
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