Some question free bus rides in Boston for private school students

Feb. 29, 2008
Despite budget deficit, Boston foots the bill for students riding to private schools

The Boston public school system spends more than $2 million a year to bus students to private and parochial schools around the city, even though the school system has no legal obligation to transport most of them. More than a dozen of the bus routes transport fewer than 10 students. The free rides, the subject of increasing scrutiny, have pitted some school and city officials against each other in a potentially volatile debate. District officials are searching desperately for budget cuts, but they are wary of the political implications of eliminating the perk.

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