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Albany board accepts child‑safety zone study, puts K–5 one‑mile transportation proposition on May ballot
Summary
The Albany City School District Board accepted a study finding the city qualifies as a child safety zone and voted unanimously to place a May proposition to expand K–5 busing to students living 1.0–1.49 miles from school; the board and staff said the first year would require a roughly 1.22% levy increase locally before about 80% state reimbursement in subsequent years.
The Albany City School District Board voted unanimously Thursday to accept a child‑safety‑zone study and place a ballot proposition in May asking voters to authorize transportation for students in kindergarten through grade five who live 1.0 to 1.49 miles from their assigned school.
Dorett Miles, who presented the transportation study, said a hazard‑based point analysis conducted with the group On the Bus gave the district 24 points, double the 12 required to qualify for an expanded transportation designation. "That means every student in our district at every school qualifies for expanded transportation under this framework," Miles said during the presentation.
Why it matters: the designation makes the district eligible…
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