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FCPS policy committee advances transportation revisions that emphasize bus use for eligible students

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Frederick County Public Schools policy committee members on the record advanced proposed revisions to Policy 441, Transportation of Students, directing staff to send the draft to the full board for first reading.

Frederick County Public Schools policy committee members on the record advanced proposed revisions to Policy 441, Transportation of Students, directing staff to send the draft to the full board for first reading.

The committee’s recommended changes add new definitions (including an “emergency exceptional condition”), clarify that the preferred method for transporting eligible students is an FCPS bus, lay out parental responsibilities when the system cannot transport students because of emergencies, and restate that the student code of conduct applies to behavior on buses.

Policy staff said the draft updates apply a common template and break implementation expectations into…

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