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Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 12:02 Written by rslcpol Tuesday, 13 July 2010 01:47
From South Bend Tribune:
Indiana’s attorney general said Monday that state law doesn’t allow public school districts to charge students a fee for taking the bus to and from school.
That could pose a problem for school districts around the state that had been looking at the fees as one possible way to help them out of a financial bind caused by property tax caps and a $300 million cut in state education spending.
The opinion said school districts have no legal authority to assess and collect a fee for transportation to and from school so a student can receive a public education. Further, it says that transportation is part of “a uniform system of public education in Indiana.”
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