Article posted: 4/21/2012 7:00 AM

State idea: School busing no longer free or required

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Buses line up before dismissal at Barrington Middle School Station campus Friday. Illinois is considering letting schools charge fees for busing students.

JOE LEWNARD | Staff Photographer

Buses line up before dismissal at Barrington Middle School Station campus Friday. Illinois is considering letting schools charge fees for busing students.

JOE LEWNARD | Staff Photographer

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Local school districts would no longer be required to bus students to school or could charge students fees to ride under a plan being considered by the Illinois State Board of Education. The state is considering pushing changes in the coming weeks that would end a state mandate for free busing for students who live more than a mile and a half from school.

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