{"id":15855,"date":"2026-09-06T11:43:46","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T15:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/?post_type=article&#038;p=15855"},"modified":"2026-09-08T11:46:01","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T15:46:01","slug":"nyc-school-leaders-say-bus-shortage-could-affect-thousands-of-students","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/bn\/articles\/nyc-school-leaders-say-bus-shortage-could-affect-thousands-of-students\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC school leaders say bus shortage could affect thousands of students"},"template":"","class_list":["post-15855","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_type-afc-in-the-news","misc_topic-special-education","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:\/\/gothamist.com\/news\/nyc-school-leaders-say-bus-shortage-could-affect-thousands-of-students","target":"_blank"},"file":null,"title":""},"image":15857,"disable_share_icons":false},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<p data-block-key=\"aafu1\"><strong>\u0997\u09cb\u09a5\u09be\u09ae\u09bf\u09b8\u09cd\u099f <\/strong>| New York City Public Schools\u2019 Office of Pupil Transportation sent out a letter to school leaders last month saying they had not yet secured enough bus companies to serve students. The nonprofit Advocates for Children of New York shared the letter with Gothamist.<\/p>\r\n<p data-block-key=\"9tr1d\">\u201cDue to a shortage of available school bus vendors and increased transportation needs some yellow bus routes may not have a vendor available to operate the route at the start of the school year,\u201d the letter sent to administrators said.<\/p>\r\n<p data-block-key=\"5to0u\">Randi Levine, policy director at Advocates for Children, said education officials informed her group that roughly 2,000 students may not have bus vendors in place by Sept. 10, the first day of school. 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