Pacific Council: Be Fair Towards Students Act

[DemPGH]

That fine is a little steep, and I'm sorry for not commenting on this one - it slipped by. Would a quick rewrite be acceptable? I want to adjust some numbers.

[DemPGH]

I just googled this, and it isn't as radical as I had initially feared. There are cities that basically have this or something very much like it - either free weekday transit for Uni students or else steeply reduced weekday transit. So yeah, that looks good, but let me get back this afternoon.

[DemPGH]

Okay, I want it to read "weekday transit during normal school hours" or something to that effect. But there's got to be a better way to handle reimbursement. Maybe not, IDK.

[DemPGH]

There exists public transportation for primary (elementary) and secondary (high school) schools everywhere.

College, you're on your own. The research I've looked into (Chicago, NY, etc.) have some things with regard to this for college students. Yeah, I could sign off on something that helps college students - they're pinched, squeezed, etc. enough. But public school students have access to transportation.

[DemPGH]

Okay, I imagine clause 3 should probably be a program that we set up through the universities that grants free transit to students. But I'm not sure what it would cost. We need to do this, though, at least for low income students!

[DemPGH]

Sorry, I've been wrestling with this one. I'm not crazy about telling a business they have to accept these passes, but our students deserve a break.

Shouldn't the university or school reimburse the transportation / bus company? Or at least the other 50%?