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Thousands of Ohio students left without a school bus ride as private school transport expands
Ohio districts face budget and staffing challenges transporting voucher students, leading to canceled high school bus routes and reliance on public transit passes, state data shows.
- This year, many Ohio public schools once again discontinued bus services for high school students, leading to increased competition for available school bus rides.
- This crisis arose after Ohio broadened its universal voucher initiative, which has increased enrollment by close to 90,000 students during the last four years, leading to heightened conflicts over the transportation of voucher recipients.
- During this fiscal year, Cleveland reimbursed parents for transportation costs related to 2,739 students who were considered too difficult to bus to private schools, while Columbus manages a fleet that serves over 16,000 public students across about 450 routes and maintains that outsourcing transportation for non-public students is the most feasible option.
- Last year, Republican Attorney General Dave Yost expressed concern that parents are having to leave their jobs, adjust their daily routines, and find alternative transportation options because the school board is not fulfilling its legal responsibilities.
- The Ohio 8 districts argue lawmakers should update antiquated transportation laws to reduce inflexibility and expenses, while Republican Senator Brenner favors combining county operations to share resources amid budget and driver shortages.
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Ohio public schools are canceling buses for thousands of high schoolers while still busing some students to private and charter schools
Districts have been required for years to transport students with EdChoice vouchers, but the program added nearly 90,000 students over the past four years.
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Thousands of Ohio students left without a school bus ride as private school transport expands – The Land
School buses sit inside the Dayton Public Schools Transportation center on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025 in Dayton, Ohio. (AP Photo/Patrick Aftoora-Orsagos) By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press A scramble is underway for some Ohio families over a staple of the back-to-school season: rides on the big, yellow school bus. Public school districts canceled bus transportation for thousands of high schoolers again this year while in some cases still busing s…
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