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in the state, but that can mean they are contracting with individual parents to transport as few as one or two students to a given school. These ridesharing companies, as well as other for-hire student transportation companies, must comply with the California Public Utilities Commission rules. Those rules require driver background checks,


vehicle inspections, and 20 hours of classroom training on defensive driv- ing, loading and emergency response. Vista Unified School District, which is


located north of San Diego, said ride- sharing has been a practical solution over the past school year. Vista contracts with Zūm to serve single and dual rider routes, as well as routes for specialized


students who are covered by the McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Act. “When we are given an out-of-town route that does not fit in with our ex- isting routes, we find that using this service simplifies things,” said Transportation Director Bill Weisberg. ALC Schools has provided al-


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ternative student transportation solutions to nearby Carlsbad Unified School District for more than five years. “As the pio- neer and leader in alternative student transportation for more than a decade, we always re- mind districts that just because the district is using smaller capacity vehicles to transport a student, this is still student transportation, and should be treated accordingly,” said Gregg Prettyman, executive vice pres- ident of ALC Schools. Meanwhile, ridesharing


companies like Zūm stand ready to offer their services. “We have ambitious goals to


solve problems that schools, families and students are facing,” said Ritu Narayan, founder and CEO of the 2-year-old ridesharing com- pany, who referred to school transportation pain points as being lengthy bus rides and budgetary struggles for as- set-heavy operations. ●


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Editor’s note: This online version is updated from the print magazine edition, which erroneously repored that ridesharing is governed differently than other dedicated student transportation services. The print version also referred to Texas using ridesharing apps to assist with transporting displaced students during Hurricane Harvey. In actuality, 55 school districts across the state contract with ALC Schools, which provided the service hurricane relief.

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