A suburban Indianapolis school district will stop charging fees for school bus service after months of controversy that led to a new state law against such charges. The Franklin Township school board voted 5-0 Monday night to end the fees as part of a plan to refinance the district's $181 million in debt. Officials of the 9,000-student district said last year they were forced to cut costs by turning the bus service over to an outside agency that charged at least $40 a month per child.
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