Busing Deal Reached: Courtesy Busing for Public paid by Township, LSTA will bus courtesy for non Public, parents pay fee

Private school courtesy busing students will have to pay $150 via the LSTA for busing. Public school courtesy busing will be sponsored by the Lakewood township.

The Lakewood township will provide funding for  courtesy busing of the non mandated Public school students. As for the private schools for Mandated busing the township receives $1000 per student that's a total of $22.5 million dollars for this year.  The LSTA via the township will be able to bus the non public courtesy students as well with those funds plus the $150 fee per student. Details of this deal will be finalized next week.

Officials stressed that no money from public school students is being diverted to bus private school students. Under state law the school district is mandated to bus any student that lives more than 2 miles from their elementary or 2.5 from high school.  Therefore at $1000 per student the funding for private schools will be a total of 22.5 million.