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EOB: Nonini Defends Busing Cuts

Posted by DFO

March 25, 2009 12:04 p.m. • 0 comments

Opening debate in the House on his bill, HB 256, House Education Chairman Bob Nonini, R-Coeur d’Alene, said, “The purpose is to make districts be as efficient as possible.” Transportation costs are “overhead,” he said. “Each dollar spent on transportation is a dollar that doesn’t make it into the classroom. … That’s where education takes place.” He said the idea is to cut the state reimbursement to school districts from 85 percent of their busing costs to 50 percent, but still give the districts the same money through state budget-setting, so they’d have an incentive to make better use of their busing money/Betsy Russell, Eye On Boise. More here. But: House Dems oppose draconian cuts.

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