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Committee introduces RS32642 to change school transportation funding, exclude some virtual students from reimbursement
Summary
RS32642 would revise the state's school transportation reimbursement formula, keep the block grant, exclude support units attributable to primarily virtual students, and allow local districts more flexibility on alternative vehicles and training requirements.
Representative Dan Garner introduced RS32642 to the House Committee on Education and asked the committee to introduce the bill for further consideration.
Garner said the RS is similar to a previously proposed measure but was refiled after changes. The bill renames school districts in the text as "authorized transportation districts," clarifies reimbursement for virtual students and accepts districts' use of smaller alternative vehicles for specialized or small-group transport. "We've taken the block grant out," Garner said at one point while describing earlier versions; later discussion clarified the block grant remains…
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