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(STN Podcast E49) Many Questions: COVID-19 Vaccines & New Year Budgets

School Transportation Nation podcast – Episode 49

COVID-19 vaccine distribution is progressing, but school districts must consider employee protections while encouraging compliance. Transportation departments also form their budgets while the federal government discusses the next stimulus plan.

Laran Adkins, director of child nutrition and transportation for Fort Payne City Schools in Alabama, talks bus ventilation & cleaning, contact tracing, vaccine plans, and how CARES Act funding has helped.

Read more at stnonline.com/tag/coronavirus and stnonline.com/tag/budget.

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