WHO SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO RIDE ON A YELLOW SCHOOL BUS?
There are approximately 1,700,000 children enrolled in public and nonpublic elementary and secondary schools in Florida. For those attending public elementary and secondary schools transportation is regularly provided to all those who live beyond established 2 mile walking limits or are subjected to hazardous walking conditions. This involved approximately 690,000 students during the last school year at an average cost per student of $146.00. On a statewide level this came to over 1 12 million dollars with the State of Florida subsidizing about 50% of it, the percentage varying slightly from county to county. Two of Florida’s 67 county school districts bus parochial school students. In the past, other districts have done so. One district buses such children without charge, the other charges the parents for the cost of the busing. A proposal has been made to extend this program to a statewide basis, with state funding. Presently there are twenty-eight states which provide for either thr
