...Skyview, Soldotna, Kenai, and Nikiski high schools for partnering with the Peninsula Job Center and providing student transportation to the Peninsula Job Fair. By allowing Peninsula Job Center staff to work with students, we were able to assist...

...classroom.She argues that because the Legislature is addressing specific costs associated with education, like student transportation, districts don't have to allocate BSA funds toward those expenses. School choice, changes to tenure to save...

...education funding. The Legislature also has covered payments into the teacher retirement system and costs like student transportation and major maintenance - helping to increase the overall total spending.House Majority Leader Lance Pruitt...

...had requested that $30.3 million be added to the operating budget to address increases in school energy and student transportation costs. But it was left out for the same reason - committee leaders wanted to take a more in-depth look at...

...transportation costs. The district is trying to finalize its cost-cutting measures so bidders on a new RFP for student transportation will know what they're bidding on and, hopefully, "attract another vendor or two and hope competition would...

...said the budget is very likely to change as the district negotiates with employee groups, makes decisions about student transportation issues and learns about state and borough funding levels. During the KPBSD Board of Education meeting Monday...

...contribution rates; utility rates; changes to school configurations and staffing formulas; the results of a review of students transportation currently under way; and adjustments from the borough budget process. The board and district administration...

...First Student and its drivers will resolve their contract issues before a strike is deemed necessary, but if student transportation is disrupted, a little forethought will make it a easier for those affected to handle.