COLUMBUS, Ohio ( WCMH ) — Ohio is suing its largest public school district, Columbus City Schools, over its updated bus policy for charter and private students, with the district asserting it’s done nothing wrong.
The lawsuit was filed Thursday afternoon, according to the office of Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost. The state asking the Ohio Supreme Court to make CCS transport the affected students until a mediation process can unfold.
Yost said the district failed to provide the legally required notice to many affected families of their right to request mediation and sent the notices too late. According to Yost’s legal complaint, the last day CCS could have made decisions on who would not receive transportation was July 22, but many of the students did not learn they would not receive transportation until on or after Aug. 6.
According to Yost, roughly 1,380 students have been declared transportation impractical, per new resolutions passed by the CCS Board of Education in August, and therefore are not receiving busing to school.