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Board OKs three-year contract with Bemidji Bus Line, approves four off-road bus stops

Bemidji Public School District School Board · July 22, 2025
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Summary

To address driver shortages and reduce route cancellations, the Bemidji board approved a three-year contract with Bemidji Bus Line (FY26 $643,720; FY27 $676,476; FY28 $710,876) and authorized four additional non-8-way stops under Minnesota statute 169.443.

The Bemidji Public School District board voted unanimously on July 21 to approve a three-year supplemental transportation contract with Bemidji Bus Line and to add four non-8-way bus stops that use turn lanes or shoulders.

District staff told the board Bemidji Bus Line has provided supplemental services since fiscal 2023. The proposed three-year contract covers nine routes — the same number…

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