{"id":45933,"date":"2025-11-20T12:19:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T12:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/45933\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T12:19:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T12:19:12","slug":"nyc-public-schools-panel-bus-companies-reach-3-year-deal-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/45933\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Public Schools panel, bus companies reach 3-year deal: reports"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK (PIX11) \u2013 A New York City Public Schools panel reached an agreement<\/a> with school bus contractors late Wednesday night, maintaining service for 150,000 students, according to reports.<\/p>\n

Both sides reportedly agreed to a three-year renewal<\/a>, shorter than the five years contractors initially agreed to with the Adams administration over the summer. The city\u2019s Panel for Education Policy rejected that proposal.<\/p>\n

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Chalkbeat<\/a> reported that the now-approved terms also include calls for bus operators to enhance employee training, provide spokespersons at town halls, and impose fines on companies that don\u2019t provide GPS tracking for buses.<\/p>\n

The city pushed for such provisions after years of complaints about late and missed buses<\/a>, with students even reporting heat and motion sickness. Several bus companies warned last month that they could start pulling drivers without a long-term deal.<\/p>\n

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Emergency extensions kept buses on the road and employees working.<\/p>\n

The new three-year renewal is retroactive to last summer, according to reports. That puts bus contracts on track for review again in 2028.<\/p>\n

Erin Pflaumer is a digital content producer from Long Island who has covered both local and national news since 2018. She joined PIX11 in 2023. See more of her work here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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