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Staff and districts back SB 5009 to let districts include non‑bus vehicles in STARS allocation
Summary
A staff report and district witnesses told the committee that Substitute Senate Bill 5009 would allow districts to include district‑owned cars and smaller vehicles in the STARS allocation, address driver shortages and change reimbursement and training rules; the fiscal note estimates a modest state cost.
Committee staff briefed the Washington State Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education on Substitute Senate Bill 5009, which would permit school districts to include district-owned passenger vehicles used to transport students in the STARS transportation allocation and would change reimbursement and training rules for drivers.
Kayla Hammer, staff to the committee, said the bill “requires district owned cars to be included in the overall transportation allocation rather than being subject to the private reimbursement rate,” and that it would expand the bus-purchase and reimbursement process to include other vehicles used in lieu of school buses. Hammer said the bill applies training and qualification requirements that…
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