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Board approves several student trips after lengthy debate over funding and bus safety
Summary
Board members questioned funding splits, federal‑fund usage, safety limits on yellow‑bus trips and chartering before approving travel requests for district student groups; staff said TripTracker procedures and updated policies will be presented next month.
Board members pressed staff for clearer trip budgets and raised safety concerns before approving two travel requests for student groups.
Members asked for a single, consolidated total cost for trips instead of line-by-line breakdowns across federal funds, student-activity accounts and PTO donations. Federal program staff explained the accounting constraints that require some expenses be broken out (for auditability), but said they would provide a consolidated total on future…
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