Students who rely on portable oxygen tanks on the bus present special challenges for transporters, one reason Sure-Lok offers its GO2 oxygen holder to keep tanks from falling over. This month, we also report on how special needs transporters evacuate this student population. Other topics include an update on child safety restraints, how districts are meeting the challenge of transporting homeless students and the latest on IDEA Part C.

TOP STORY

Clock ticks as school districts eye potential federal cuts

INDUSTRY CONNECTIONS

Results from Our Special Needs Survey

Emergency Bus Evacuations and Wheelchair-Bound Students

D.C. Public Schools Turns to GPS for Improved Operations

Update to IDEA Part C Deletes 'Taxi' Transportation Reference

South Carolina Uses North Carolina School Bus Spec, Includes A/C

Also: Hickory Springs’ acquisition of C.E. White Co.; new Massachusetts fingerprint bill; remembering Wisconsin student transporter; Minnesota’s school bus crossing gate requirement; tips to help students feel secure at school; Biz Bites; and more

SPECIAL REPORT

School districts have little room when it comes to ‘evolving’ McKinney-Vento Act 

FEATURES

The Human Touch
Training and coordination are crucial to safely securing students with special needs

SPECIALIZED TRAINING
TSD Conference to offer knowledge, tools and resources for special needs transporters

• Mobility products
• Full conference agenda 
• Exhibitor In Print

ANALYSIS

The Road to Resolution With Transportation Advocates
By Linda Bluth, Ed.D.

COLUMNS

First Take by Ryan Gray
A Special Calling

Publisher’s Corner by Tony Corpin
Walking In Their Shoes

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