Should all students be charged bus fees?

Metrowest Daily News 4/8/09: Should all students be charged bus fees?. As budget constraints increasingly force school committees to charge student bus riders, a freshman Democratic legislator from Holliston has proposed a new solution: change state law so the burden is spread more evenly. Under a state law that dates back to at least 1921 and has seen just a few amendments, schools must provide free busing to students in grades K-6 living more than two miles away. All others can be charged. Dykema’s proposal, House bill 3658, would abolish the mileage marker and allow school committees to charge all students other than those in free or reduced lunch programs or those covered by other laws. It would still allow committees to set family caps and exempt low-income households.

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