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Rutherford County committee hears bus contractor insurance lapse, approves $880,000 midyear schools budget amendment
Summary
CFO Brian Runyon told the Health & Education Committee a bus contractor’s insurance lapsed, disrupting roughly 40 routes and affecting an estimated 15–20 schools; the committee approved a midyear budget amendment that increases both revenue and expenditures by $880,000 using state funding.
The Rutherford County Health & Education Committee on Tuesday was told a bus contractor’s insurance lapsed this month, causing route changes that affected roughly 40 routes (each run covers multiple routes) and an estimated 15–20 schools, and later approved a midyear schools budget amendment that increases both revenue and expenditures by $880,000.
Brian Runyon, chief financial officer for Rutherford County Schools, told commissioners the district contracts with individual bus owners rather than owning buses directly. He…
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