This purchase is a direct replacement of twenty-seven (27) regular a/c school buses and three (3) a/c lift buses in accordance with the fourteen (14) year replacement cycle and approved in the 2011-2012 Capital Transportation Budget.

Replacement will be thirty (30) of the worst condition buses that have high mileage and nearing the point of possible costly repairs, with new buses that get better fuel mileage and contain the newest safety equipment that will benefit child safety.

That the purchase of thirty (30) new buses to replace thirty (30) buses on the scheduled fourteen (14) year replacement cycle be approved as presented.