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Chalkbeat New York NYC officials are behind schedule on installing GPS on school buses before the new year by Yoav Gonen

NYC officials are behind schedule on installing GPS on school buses before the new year
Yoav Gonen
https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2019/08/08/nyc-officials-are-behind-schedule-on-installing-gps-on-school-buses-before-the-new-year/

This story was originally published on Aug. 8 by THE CITY.

The Department of Education is running late on a legal mandate to equip every yellow bus with a GPS device by the first day of school, THE CITY has learned.

The City Council in January passed legislation requiring a GPS in all 9,500 yellow buses by the time the 2019-2020 school year starts, on Sept. 5.

The sponsor of the legislation, Councilmember Ben Kallos (D-Upper East Side), noted the DOE hasn’t awarded a contract yet to provide the devices on buses that serve 150,000 students.

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