District 186 outsourced its bus system to First Student long ago but still has been spending many man-hours managing the bus routes. District business manager Steve Miller says that can now be outsourced, too.

Miller told the school board First Planning Solutions began as a subsidiary of First Student but is now a separate company. By a unanimous vote Monday, the school board agreed to spend $5,000 per month.

Miller said eighty percent of the cost would come back as a rebate.