Reply To: What is mandated in NY for private schooling

Right. I just mean that there’s some leeway for legitimate interpretation and prioritization for services, and the democratically elected board is charged with making those determinations.

If and only if there is no deficiency in what the district is tasked, which is to provide an education. You can argue that there is the ability to use additional funds as desired, but not if the core charge (graduation rates, math/English scores) is not being met.

For example, the law in NY requires busing as follows:

Section 3635 of the Education Law requires all non-city districts to provide transportation for pupils enrolled in kindergarten through grades 8 who live more than two miles from the school they attend and for pupils enrolled in grades 9-12 who live more than three miles from the school they attend up to a distance of fifteen miles. (from nysed(dot)gov)

If the district so chooses, they can provide additional busing. However, if test scores and graduation rates for any district are significantly below average, their first charge should be to raise those scores (by providing tutoring after school, for example) over and above providing additional busing.

Thoughts?