Direct Payments to Yeshivas for Busing

East Ramapo pays yeshivas directly to bus children. The amounts for 2015-16 are below. These buses run on Sundays and Federal holidays. They want to increase these amounts, claiming they are owed “14 days”. Most of the children live less than 1.5 miles from the yeshiva they attend, and so these expenses are considered “non-allowable” for state aid. How much does it really cost to bus children inside of the most densely populated areas of NY State? How many trips are only a couple of blocks? Are they already being paid more than the reasonable cost? Is this really the best use of our education tax dollars? 

PAYEE AMOUNT
YESHIVATH VIZNITZ D’KHAL TORATH CHAIM IN 1,506,092.00
CONGREGATION YESHIVA AVIR YAKOV 1,212,006.13
UNITED TALMUDICAL ACADEMY 1,161,042.12
BNOS ESTHER PAPA 579,988.70
CONGREGATION TALMUD TORAH D’CHASIDEI BOBOV OF MONSEY 442,352.24
CONGREGATION BETH DAVID 417,984.42
CONGREGATION BAIS MALKA 396724.36
GONG NOIAM MGODIM 240,094.40
YESHIVA MACHZIKEI HADAS OF BELZ 189,204.30
CENTRAL UTA OF MONSEY 187,210.80
BAIS TRANY OF MONSEY 162,883.24
TALMUD TORAH ADAS YERE M 156,360.93
KLAUSENBERG OF N 152,760.30
CONGREGATION BOBOVER YESHIVA OF MONSEY 132,120.87
YESHIVA DARKEI EMUNAH 111,372.10
BNEI YAKOV YOSEF 104,178.60
BNOS DERECH YISROEL 98,014.30
CONGREGATION BAIS GHANA MALKA 97,433.55
CONGREGATION KOIFER NEFESH DBA CONGREGATION TORAS EM) 97,301.25
GONG KOLEI CHASIDEL RACHMISTRIVKA INC DBA OHR YOCHANAN 79,288.00
KLAUSENBERG OF IV 62,424.30
ASTRA TRANSPORTATION CORP 58,752.00
CONGREGATION TALMUD TORAH D’CHASIDEI 57,412.74
GONG. BNEI MELUCHIM INC. 50,647.65
BAIS YEHUDA 50638.22
CONGREGATION YESHOUS MOSHE VIZNITZ 43,100.04
GONG. NOIAM MGODIM 37,085.80
GONG KOLEL CHASIDEI RACHMISTRIVKA INC DBA OHR YOCHANAN 31,326.24
MOSDOS SANZ OF MONSEY 28,264.55
CONGREGATION YETE LEV 23,990.40
CONGREGATION MACHZIKEI HADAS OF BELZ 19,667.66
BNEI YAKOV YOSEF OF MONSEY 13,659.84
CONGREGATION BAIS YEHUDA 6,869.70
TOTAL 8,008,251.75