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Board approves parent-transport contracts and payment-in-lieu rate; staff explains eligibility rules

Akron Public School Board · September 24, 2024
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Summary

The board approved contracts allowing parents to transport children with payment-in-lieu reimbursement; staff explained the $583.86 per-child annual payment (50% of statewide average bus cost) and eligibility rules including the 30-minute impracticality standard. Motion carried 5-1 with one abstention.

The board on Sept. 23 approved a resolution permitting contracts with parents to transport their children for the 2024-25 school year and outlined the state-dictated payment-in-lieu rate and eligibility rules.

Transportation staff explained the payment is 50% of the statewide average cost per pupil to be transported by bus; for this school…

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