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Magnet school transportation will continue for Duval County public school students

By ActionNewsJax.com News Staff
RICHMOND HEIGHTS, FLORIDA - MARCH 11: An electric bus is parked as U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael S. Regan visits during an event to highlight funding for electric school buses at the Coral Reef High School on March 11, 2024 in Richmond Heights, Florida. Miami-Dade County Public Schools received nearly $20 million to purchase 50 electric school buses as part of President Joe Biden’s Investing in America Agenda. The program is helping schools nationwide purchase over 2,700 clean school buses in 280 school districts serving over 7 million students across 37 states.
File photo RICHMOND HEIGHTS, FLORIDA - MARCH 11: An electric bus is parked as U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael S. Regan visits during an event to highlight funding for electric school buses at the Coral Reef High School on March 11, 2024 in Richmond Heights, Florida. Miami-Dade County Public Schools received nearly $20 million to purchase 50 electric school buses as part of President Joe Biden’s Investing in America Agenda. The program is helping schools nationwide purchase over 2,700 clean school buses in 280 school districts serving over 7 million students across 37 states. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
By ActionNewsJax.com News Staff

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Duval County Public Schools announced on Tuesday that transportation for magnet programs will continue without changes.

The district emphasized its commitment to maintaining transportation services despite ongoing budget evaluations.

Action News Jax told you in January that the district was considering cuts to magnet school transportation as it faced a budget deficit of more than $100 million.

DCPS said in a news release, “We want to reassure our community that there will not be any changes to magnet program transportation.”

Duval County Public Schools serves more than 124,000 students across 197 schools.

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