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Senate panel approves reimbursing districts for smaller student-transport vehicles

3151788 · March 24, 2025
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The Senate Education Committee voted to send House Bill 396 to the floor after testimony from superintendents that allowing reimbursement for smaller vehicles would reduce costs and better serve small groups of students and special education needs.

The Senate Education Committee voted to send House Bill 396 to the Senate floor with a due-pass recommendation after hearing testimony that allowing school districts to be reimbursed for smaller, authorized vehicles could reduce transportation costs and better serve small groups of students.

Representative Dan Garner, the bill sponsor, told the committee the measure updates language about district transportation and removes reimbursement for virtual students. “What you have before you today is House Bill 396, which deals with the transportation part of the school districts and charter schools,” Garner said. He said the bill replaces older…

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