Transportation cuts generate fierce response from school officials

12-15-2011

By Louis Freedberg/EdSource Extra

Gov. Jerry Brown’s announcement of a $248 million cut in school transportation funds has triggered a fierce response from some of the state’s largest urban school districts as well as smaller rural ones. What is far less clear is how many districts will actually terminate bus routes this year. Schools are mandated by federal law to provide transportation for special education students if called for in their individual education plans. And if students can’t get to school, districts would lose state funds they would have received based on their “average daily attendance” which in turn would compound their losses. On average, the state has traditionally paid about 40 percent of a district’s transportation costs. The rest has had to come from the district itself. The most vociferous protest came swiftly from Los Angeles Unified, which filed a lawsuit against Gov. Brown and other state officials in Los Angeles Superior Court yesterday, less than a day after Brown’s announcement. (more...)

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