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Ordinance committee backs resolutions asking state to help school-transportation costs and ease driver rules

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The ordinance committee voted May 15 to approve resolutions urging state action on school-transportation funding and regulatory changes to ease driver shortages and increase pupil capacity on certain vehicles.

The ordinance committee voted May 15 to approve resolutions asking the state to take steps to reduce local school-transportation costs and to restore or improve elements of the state funding formula for public schools.

Resolution 2502, sponsored by council members including Trafficante and Council President Marino, asks the state to share in the cost of transporting out-of-district, homeless and private school students. The sponsor said the change would provide relief to…

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