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Committee pulls student‑transportation policy after staff say practice doesn’t match written rules
Summary
Transportation staff told the policy committee that district practice (transporting students regardless of attendance boundary) does not match EEA's written boundary language; the committee agreed to pull EEA for staff revision and to assess mileage‑reimbursement implications.
A transportation staff member told the Crook County School District policy review committee on Aug. 10 that current practice — transporting students across all attendance boundaries — differs from the written language in policy EEA that ties transportation eligibility to specified attendance boundaries.
"So currently, we are transporting students, in all boundaries no matter what," the transportation staff member said, urging the committee to either update policy to reflect operational practice or to begin adhering to the existing written rules. Committee members discussed potential consequences for mileage reimbursement and the operational impact of enforcing boundary‑based transportation. The committee agreed to pull EEA and asked Lindsay (transportation staff) to return with proposed edits and further analysis of mileage and route implications.
Committee members noted several missing or unclear OAR citations in the transportation policies and asked staff to reconcile operational practice with policy language before forwarding to the board.
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