Plymouth County Bus Transportation, Inc. v. Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School Committee

At issue in this case is the validity of a regional school district committee’s plan to transport large numbers of students to and from its high school by means of public transportation. The plaintiffs claim that the transportation plan violates G. L. c. 71, §§ 7A and 7C. We hold that the plan conforms to statutory requirements.

The plaintiffs brought this action in 1977 to challenge a decision by the Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School Committee3 (committee) to use public rather than private bus services to transport approximately 1,000 New Bedford students to the…