{"id":13672,"date":"2025-10-20T16:08:46","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T20:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/?post_type=article&#038;p=13672"},"modified":"2025-10-21T16:23:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T20:23:46","slug":"some-150000-nyc-students-may-lose-school-bus-service-amid-contract-battle-chronic-complaints","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/bn\/articles\/some-150000-nyc-students-may-lose-school-bus-service-amid-contract-battle-chronic-complaints\/","title":{"rendered":"Some 150,000 NYC students may lose school bus service amid contract battle, chronic complaints"},"template":"","class_list":["post-13672","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_type-afc-in-the-news","misc_topic-transportation"],"acf":{"component_standard_hero":{"":null,"excerpt":"","short_description":"","button":{"":null,"link_type":"page","page":{"title":"\u09a8\u09bf\u09ac\u09a8\u09cd\u09a7\u099f\u09bf \u09aa\u09a1\u09bc\u09c1\u09a8","url":"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2025\/10\/20\/some-150000-nyc-students-may-lose-school-bus-service-amid-contract-battle-chronic-complaints\/","target":"_blank"},"file":null,"title":""},"image":13673,"disable_share_icons":false},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<strong>Daily News\u00a0<\/strong>| Close to 150,000 New York City students could lose\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gothamist.com\/news\/her-son-was-stuck-on-a-school-bus-for-3-hours-nyc-data-says-the-delay-never-happened\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/gothamist.com\/news\/her-son-was-stuck-on-a-school-bus-for-3-hours-nyc-data-says-the-delay-never-happened\">school bus service<\/a>\u00a0next month if operators follow through on a threat to yank drivers off the job over a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/10\/01\/nyregion\/nyc-school-bus-delays.html\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/10\/01\/nyregion\/nyc-school-bus-delays.html\">bitter contract impasse<\/a>, according to a formal warning filed Monday.\r\n\r\nThe private school bus companies notified the state Labor Department that, if a citywide education panel does not approve their contract extension, they would be forced to lay off\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2023\/09\/20\/school-bus-drivers-reach-tentative-agreement-avoid-strike\/\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2023\/09\/20\/school-bus-drivers-reach-tentative-agreement-avoid-strike\/\">12,000 unionized drivers and attendants<\/a>\u00a0at the end of the business day on Oct. 31.\r\n\r\nThe dustup comes against the backdrop of parents and advocates pushing for greater accountability. At issue are longstanding concerns over the city\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.schools.nyc.gov\/about-us\/funding\/funding-our-schools\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/www.schools.nyc.gov\/about-us\/funding\/funding-our-schools\">$1.9 billion school transportation system<\/a>, which relies on a Byzantine network of contracted bus operators to shuttle students \u2014\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/citylimits.org\/a-new-school-year-is-here-and-so-are-school-bus-delays\/\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/citylimits.org\/a-new-school-year-is-here-and-so-are-school-bus-delays\/\">many of whom have disabilities<\/a>\u00a0or are\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2025\/10\/20\/nearly-1-in-7-nyc-public-school-children-are-homeless-all-time-high-report\/\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2025\/10\/20\/nearly-1-in-7-nyc-public-school-children-are-homeless-all-time-high-report\/\">living in homeless shelters<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 to and from school.\r\n\r\nAt the start of each school year, families overwhelm the school transportation office\u2019s call center with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chalkbeat.org\/newyork\/2021\/9\/13\/22672760\/school-buses-leave-nyc-students-stranded-on-first-day\/\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/www.chalkbeat.org\/newyork\/2021\/9\/13\/22672760\/school-buses-leave-nyc-students-stranded-on-first-day\/\">reports of bus delays and no-shows<\/a>. Some students have been\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/04\/28\/brooklyn-kids-with-disabilities-miss-classes-as-school-buses-show-up-at-late-or-not-at-all\/\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/04\/28\/brooklyn-kids-with-disabilities-miss-classes-as-school-buses-show-up-at-late-or-not-at-all\/\">forced to miss school<\/a>, or are excluded from after-school or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chalkbeat.org\/newyork\/2025\/03\/03\/nyc-summer-rising-applications-open-for-2025-academic-enrichment-programming\/\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/www.chalkbeat.org\/newyork\/2025\/03\/03\/nyc-summer-rising-applications-open-for-2025-academic-enrichment-programming\/\">summer programming<\/a>\u00a0after the buses stop running for the day.\r\n\r\n\u201cWe hear from hundreds of families every year,\u201d said Randi Levine, the policy director at Advocates for Children of New York.\r\n\r\nIt\u2019s a problem that affects working parents especially hard, if they\u2019re forced to pick up or drop off their kids: \u201cWe hear from families who are scrambling to keep their jobs because of inconsistent bus service,\u201d Levine said.","":null,"settings":""}}],"relationships":{"":null,"article_type":[83],"topics":false,"misc_topics":[189]},"misc":{"search_results":{"":null,"excerpt":"","featured_image":13673}}},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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