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Dear Mr. Damico:

In your capacity as state representative, and on behalf of the Jefferson Parish School Bus Operators Association, you have requested the opinion of this office on the Jefferson Parish School Board's decision to assign new bus routes for this upcoming school year to an independent contractor. We understand that these new routes were created by adding several new charter or magnet schools to the school system. Specifically, you asked whether, under La. R.S. 17:493.1, these new school bus routes should have first been offered to current school bus operators before being assigned…