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Panel backs $600,000 pilot to test student bus-route software; districts must report savings
Summary
JFAC approved a one-time $600,000 pilot for student transportation routing software to cover about 400 buses; participating districts and charters must report cost and savings so the Legislature can evaluate continuation.
The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee approved a one-time $600,000 general fund pilot to pay for student transportation routing software, directing participating districts and charters to report cost and savings to the Legislature after the pilot year.
Jared Tetro, budget and policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office, said the central services funding item was reduced from earlier requests; the $600,000 pilot represents a smaller version of an originally larger request. Tetro told the committee the agency surveyed districts and charters and received responses from…
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