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Kennewick board honors bus drivers and hears plan to trim bus purchases after state depreciation change
Summary
The board recognized the district’s transportation team and heard that state changes to bus depreciation led officials to reduce a planned purchase from nine buses to seven, plan to surplus six older buses and begin a phased rollout of a BusRight routing and parent app.
The Kennewick School District Board recognized its transportation staff and drivers on Tuesday and heard an update on fleet and routing changes that the district says were prompted by a new state law. April Heizer, the district transportation presenter, told the board the governor signed Senate Bill 6260 changing school-bus depreciation schedules and that the district adjusted planned purchases and cash-flow planning as a result.
Heizer said the bill alters depreciation on Type C and D buses from 13 to 15 years (with Type A moving from eight to 10 years) and that the change was applied retroactively to Sept. 1. "Using the 13 model…
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