Assemblymember Chesbro: Transportation funding Crucial to Rural School Districts

(Sacramento) -- Assemblymember Wesley Chesbro (D-North Coast) has been leading the fight to save Home to School Transportation funding. Gov. Jerry Brown cut the funding for the program that keeps our yellow school buses rolling, which disproportionately impacts rural and low income students. But the Assembly Budget Committee, with a bipartisan vote, approved SB 81, which would undo the governor's action and replace the $248 million dollar cut to the transportation program with a smaller, more equitable reduction across all school districts in California. "Eliminating the school bus system creates dangerous situations for many children in California, but for my district it means it would be impossible for many children to attend school at all," said Chesbro, who is a member of the Budget Committee. Chesbro asked the Committee to use its influence to fast-track SB81 to the Assembly Floor for a full vote as soon as possible. Here's more in this Assembly Access Web Report. http://www.asmdc.org/chesbro

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