Gov. Gavin Newsom’s May budget revision and state’s projected $68 billion surplus present a historic opportunity to tackle disparities in education while helping children and youth recover academically and emotionally from the Covid-19 pandemic. We should start by ensuring all California students have transportation to get to the classroom safely, on time and ready to learn.
California currently ranks last in the nation in the number of students bused per capita — with only 1 in 10 students taking a bus to school — due to severe, persistent underfunding of transportation programs.
