District 201-U students might be sharing bus seats with their parochial school counterparts in the fall under a plan proposed by School Supt. Steven K. Humphrey.
The suggestion, which was part of a larger cost-reduction proposal, meets the state’s minimum requirement that public school districts use some of their transportation funds to help transport students attending private schools within the district.
The financially beleaguered Crete-Monee school district pays the costs of separate buses for students attending four private elementary schools and one private high school operating within the public school system’s boundaries.
Jointly transporting public- and private-school students could save $20,000 a year, Humphrey said during Tuesday’s school board meeting.
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A spokesman for the Chicago Heights-based Kickert School Bus Line Inc. said Wednesday the cost of transporting the 200 private school students reflects the 78-mile school district’s size, rather than the number of students. School district regulations limit bus transportation routes to 55 minutes.