DALLAS, Oct. 18, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Dallas County
Schools (DCS) found that school districts and, therefore, taxpayers
of Dallas County saved over
$42 million on the cost
of student transportation by utilizing DCS services, compared to a
private vendor. This metric is based on DCS's 2016-2017 Near Final
Settle-up amounts with the school districts and the cost the
districts would have paid for those same services, per vendor
responses to user districts' requests for proposals.
"DCS can never go up on taxes," confirmed Gary Lindsey, Interim Superintendent of DCS. "We
provide a tax rate of $.01 per
$100 assessed valuation property tax
levied on Dallas County property -
the statutory maximum. To put the DCS tax cost in perspective, for
a home with a taxable value of $100,000 it would cost less than $10.00 annually. This is $0.83 per month, or less than the cost of one
large soft drink per month!"
This summer, Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD found that DCS was
the most affordable option when they put out their request for
proposals for student transportation services and discovered they
would have to pay $2.5 million
dollars more for another vendor.
Without DCS, increased costs to the districts might result in
having to remove funds from student programs and reallocate them to
transportation services.
For more information visit dcschools.com/FAQ. To stay current on
the improvements and new developments at DCS, visit
dcschools.com/news. For all media inquiries or to request an
interview with DCS leadership, please contact:
press@dcschools.com.
About Dallas County
Schools
Dallas County
Schools (DCS) is a county school district that provides services to
school districts and government entities in and around Dallas County. One of the top pupil
transportation fleets in the nation, DCS was ranked #5 on the list
of 2016 Top 100 Schools District Fleets by School Bus Fleet
Magazine. DCS operates over 1,900 buses and transports more than
75,000 children to and from school safely each day. To learn more
about the benefits DCS provides school districts, visit
dcschools.com.
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