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School board highlights unpaid courtesy busing, seeks state funding for new high school
Summary
Board members reviewed a draft of legislative priorities including a request for state funding for a new high school and data on unpaid courtesy busing that the district says leaves hundreds of students unfunded.
Board member Miss Schooneman said the board’s draft legislative priorities emphasize two items for the upcoming session in Tallahassee: state funding for the district’s new high school project and reimbursement for courtesy busing.
The items matter because the district estimates a significant share of students ride under courtesy busing and receive no state funding for those routes. "Seventeen point nine percent of our total student population are fall under that category," Miss Schooneman said, referring to the statistic on the draft priority sheet drawn from the state Department of Education. Superintendent Dr. Bennett confirmed the district can supply updated counts after…
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