BOE Special Meeting in the AM "Lakewood Township is responsible for Hazardous/courtesy Busing"

-LSTA already charged parents for next year's transportation
-Update 8:00 am: BOE says as of today July 1, 2019 the LSTA  expired last night at 12:00 am and does not exist (technically) a new bill going forward in Trenton will look to create a similar consortium for private/yeshiva kids in all of Ocean county  Special BOE meeting will take place early this morning July, 12019 -7:30 am at 855 Somerset Ave  Watch live stream HERE
see Agenda HERE
- A resolution to take legal action that Lakewood township pays for Hazardous/courtesy busing for public and non public students since it is responsible to ensure safe and adequate transportation. (The township is already paying $1.8 million dollars for public school courtesy busing from the municipal budget.)
-Support bill for a county-wide consortium to operate non-public busing with funding directly from the State of New Jersey.
-Support the LSTA and request that funding be secured for the coming year
-Reimburse parents of students attending Camp SCHI not to exceed $8,500 per student.
-The Lakewood BOE declares the budget approved on June 24, 2019 to be “null and void” and;
- Superintendent to furlough non-essential staff until resolution of the issues
-To operate only those programs mandated by NJDOE required for health and safety

HAZARDOUS BUSING FOR PUBLIC AND NON-PUBLIC STUDENTS
That the Board authorize the Board Attorney to take any and all necessary legal action to
ensure that the Township of Lakewood pay for the cost of hazardous/courtesy busing for
public and non-public students as the township through their construction approval process
and land use regulations is responsible to ensure safe and adequate transportation routes for
all students.