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Statewide student‑transportation routing software proposed as optional tool; purchase contingent on legislation, officials say
Summary
Legislative and Department of Education officials told the Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee they want to make statewide routing software available to districts as an optional contract to improve route efficiency, but that acquisition depends on legislative action and no request‑for‑proposal is yet final.
BOISE — Idaho education officials and analysts told the Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee on March 4 that a proposed statewide student‑transportation routing software contract would be optional for school districts and charters and is intended to reduce reported miles and improve route accuracy.
State Superintendent Debbie Critchfield and Gideon Toleman, a department finance official, described the proposal as an optional statewide contract that smaller districts may not currently be able to afford. "A lot of districts and charters don't have any routing software at this…
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