The school year begins for many districts Wednesday and while some districts are moving to a complete fleet of air conditioned buses, other buses will be required to have A/C because of student IEPs.
- In the Gem State, school buses are not required to have air conditioning.
- Special Education teachers have the opportunity to provide air conditioning for students through IEPs.
- Two Treasure Valley Districts have fully air conditioned fleets beginning with the 2024-25 school year.
( Below is the transcript from the broadcast story)
Big changes coming to many school districts in the Treasure Valley beginning this school year. Four day school week, cell phone bans, and for a couple school districts, air conditioning in all school buses.
In the Gem State, school buses are not required to have air conditioning. In fact, if a bus has an a/c unit that is inoperative, that bus will fail inspection.
But there is one way that some students could get air conditioning: individualized education plans.