Editor’s note: This is part of an occasional series on Hawaii’s runaway school bus costs. Read other articles on the topic. HONOLULU — For the last four years, Hawai‘i taxpayers have paid whatever price school bus contractors asked of the
Editor’s note: This is part of an occasional series on Hawaii’s runaway school bus costs. Read other articles on the topic.
HONOLULU — For the last four years, Hawai‘i taxpayers have paid whatever price school bus contractors asked of the Department of Education.
That’s because in 2008, the state’s 12 school bus companies stopped bidding against one another for contracts, leaving the district with only three options: negotiate the bids, reject them or accept them.
Read the whole story at Civil Beat.
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