Essence Magazine:
By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated August 24, 2023
As kids head back to school, while some school districts are being forced to cancel classes, the School District of Philadelphia (SDP) has come up with a novel idea to combat the nationwide school bus driver shortage: pay the parents.
Under the new pilot, Parent Flat Rate Program, if parents have opted out of SDP transportation options, “[a]ll registered families will receive $300
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