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Committee considers reinstating pupil transportation safety net funding for special passengers
Summary
Senate Bill 5858 would move Washington’s pupil transportation safety net (currently funded at $13 million/year) into statute and restore awards for districts with demonstrable excess costs for special education students, homeless students and foster youth; superintendents and district finance officers urged passage, citing large unmet need.
Senate Bill 5858 would place the pupil transportation safety net program into statute while keeping it subject to appropriation and direct OSPI to award safety net funds to districts with convincingly demonstrated excess transportation costs attributable to ‘‘special passengers’’ (special education students requiring transportation as a related service, homeless students and foster students). Committee staff said the program is currently funded…
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