Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost on Tuesday sent a cease and desist letter to Columbus City Schools, saying the district needed to resume provided transportation to hundreds of nonpublic charter and parochial school students it dropped without warning or face a lawsuit.
Yost’s announcement in a media release came just hours before Columbus City school board met Tuesday evening and voted on a new resolution saying it cannot transport some charter and nonpublic students because of the cost and disruption to its transportation services.
In an email response to The Dispatch the district said it had received Yost’s letter and would “respond as appropriate.” A spokesperson told The Dispatch at Tuesday’s meeting that the district would issue a statement about the letter.
At Tuesday’s meeting, the CCS board voted on another resolution declaring more students impractical for transportation. The Dispatch has requested the district provide how many children the district has already said it cannot transport.