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JFAC funds $600,000 pilot for student bus-routing software; districts to report savings
Summary
Lawmakers approved a one-time $600,000 general-fund appropriation for a student transportation routing software pilot and added language requiring participating districts and charters to report cost and savings data to the legislature.
The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee approved a one-time $600,000 appropriation for a student transportation routing software pilot program intended to evaluate route efficiencies and potential cost savings for school districts and charter schools.
Jared Tetro, budget and policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office, told the committee that the Division of Central Services had sought multiple enhancements; the routing software item had been reduced repeatedly as the budget process proceeded. "The original request was for $5,000,000," Tetro said.…
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