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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Nader Issa

Amid driver shortage, CPS board calls for special ed students to get busing over magnet school kids

Schools nationwide have been hit by a school bus driver shortage this year. | Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times

In an effort to support students in special education and those experiencing homelessness who have been without busing this school year, the Board of Education has called on Chicago Public Schools officials to reprioritize access to transportation by canceling services for magnet and selective enrollment students.

The changes would go into place in early March if by the end of February the district hasn’t solved its transportation problems that have plagued the school system since the first day of classes in August.

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