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...Stevens said he hopes the life the task force is extended beyond Sept. 1. If it were, he would recommend taking up pupil transportation costs next. "Bus service is funded separately. We have to look at how we do it fairly. There is enormous variance...
...issues discussed by the task force were and remain contentious, Stevens said. One concerned equitable funding of pupil transportation, a subject the task force did not resolve. "Some districts not ours appear to be over-funded," he said...
...Economic Research on area cost differentials. There's also good news in Palin's proposal to recalibrate the pupil transportation grants to more accurately reflect today's costs. Palin is absolutely correct when she says the steps she has...
...Schools have eliminated foreign languages, music, art, high-level math and science, and other "extras." Pupil transportation costs divert money from the classroom. Vocational/technology programs have fallen victim to budget cuts. Yet...
...increase funding for intensive needs students, phase-in increases to district cost factors, and recalibrate pupil transportation grants to reflect conditions across the state. Other parts of the $7.1 billion savings plan included moving...