'Cumbersome' grant process hinders schools from addressing unsafe bus routes

SALT LAKE CITY — A grant process that educators have described as "cumbersome" means funding for school bus service along unsafe routes was largely untapped in the 2016-17 academic year.Of $500,000 earmarked for bus service needed "due to health or safety concerns," just $62,300 was expended in the 2017 fiscal year, according to the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst.The program was created during the 2016 legislative session and offered school districts grants of up to $75,000 to pr