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This bill lowers the minimum distance requirement for mandatory school transportation for younger students, requiring school districts to provide transportation for students in preschool through fourth grade who live more than one and a half miles from their public school, a reduction from the previous two-mile threshold for elementary students. The bill maintains the existing two-mile requirement for students in grades five through eight and the two-and-a-half-mile requirement for high school students. Additionally, it aligns the transportation eligibility rules for students participating in the "Interdistrict Public School Choice Program Act," which allows students to attend public schools outside their home district, to reflect this new one-and-a-half-mile distance for younger choice students. The bill also includes provisions allowing districts to offer transportation on a space-available basis for students living closer to school, with parents potentially contributing to the cost, and addresses waivers for transportation services due to family or economic hardship.

Education

https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2026/S3355