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California state Sen. Tony Mendoza speaks during an event promoting the Paul Lee Safety Law to require technology on all school buses that prompt drivers to check for students at the conclusion of routes.

Zonar, Child Check-Mate Partner to Comply with Calif. Law

Ahead of a California requirement for the coming school year that all school buses be equipped with approved child safety alert systems that prompt drivers to check for students at…

April 3, 2018
Last modified on Tuesday, 03 April 2018 18:34

School bus Wi-Fi provider Kajeet is partnering with Google on the Rolling Study Halls program that seeks to benefit rural students.

Google Rural School Bus Wi-Fi Program Seeks to Close Homework Gap

A new program rolled out by Google will equip rural school buses with Wi-Fi and student riders with Chromebooks to utilize long commutes as study time.

April 2, 2018
Last modified on Monday, 02 April 2018 17:11

N.Y. Budget Includes School Bus Funding, Not Stop Arm Video

The New York Association for Pupil Transportation welcomed the inclusion of increased state transportation aid in the 2018-2019 budget but expressed disappointment that school bus stop arm cameras were not…

March 31, 2018
Last modified on Monday, 02 April 2018 09:05

Iowa recently joined Ohio, and worked with stakeholders there, to create a specialty license plate to educate motorists on the necessity of stopping for school buses that are loading and unloading students.

NASDPTS Seeks More State Adoption of School Bus Safety License Plates

The National Association for State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services (NASDPTS) is promoting a 50-state initiative to introduce specialty license plates aimed at educating the motoring public on school bus…

March 29, 2018
Last modified on Tuesday, 10 April 2018 22:47

The shuttering of Dallas County Schools by voters following allegations of corruption and overstepping its legislatively granted authority has left area school districts scrambling to find student transportation solutions for the coming school year.

Dallas-Area Districts Prepare to Select School Bus Contractor

As Dallas Independent School District prepares to take technology proposals from vendors to its school board this month, three other local school districts that formed a transportation cooperative in light…

March 28, 2018
Last modified on Tuesday, 10 April 2018 22:48

Governor Vetoes School Bus Funding Aimed at Reducing Traffic

Florida Gov. Rick Scott vetoed a budget measure that would have provided $1 million to Okaloosa County School District for purchasing 10 new school buses to alleviate traffic congestion near…

March 27, 2018
Last modified on Tuesday, 27 March 2018 17:33

A ROUSH CleanTech employee assembles a propane autogas system in 2016.

ROUSH CleanTech Propane System Achieves HD-OBD Certification

The California Air Resources Board and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency certified ROUSH CleanTech’s propane autogas fuel system as complying with the heavy-duty onboard diagnostics (HD-OBD) regulation that has been…

March 27, 2018
Last modified on Tuesday, 27 March 2018 11:57

From left: School bus aide Carletta Cyrus and driver Tammy Cummings are being heralded for their actions after a semi-truck lost control and hit their vehicle with four special needs students on board.

School Bus Driver, Aide Calm Special Ed Students After Crash

A South Carolina school bus driver and aide are being praised for taking charge and calming students after their special needs bus was hit by a semi-truck.

March 26, 2018
Last modified on Tuesday, 10 April 2018 22:48

Trauma Damages Brains, Explains Behavior Outbursts

Student misbehavior on the school bus, especially in students with disabilities, indicates internal pain as a result of a variety of issues. That was a main theme of Lori Desautels’…

March 23, 2018
Last modified on Tuesday, 10 April 2018 22:50

Over Half of Colorado Districts on Four-Day School Week

School District 27J, located northeast of Denver, announced that it is implementing a four-day school week for the 2018-2019 school year, joining nearly 100 districts around the state that are operating…

March 23, 2018
Last modified on Friday, 23 March 2018 13:56

IC Bus chargE Electric School Bus Goes on Tour

The new electric school bus from IC Bus is making its first stop on a West Coast tour in California.

March 23, 2018
Last modified on Friday, 23 March 2018 09:18

Liability Cap Affirmed in Fatal Train-School Bus Collision

The North Dakota Supreme Court upheld a $500,000 cap on damages paid by a rural school district in response to the fatal 2015 collision between a freight train and a…

March 22, 2018
Last modified on Friday, 23 March 2018 09:38

Jo Mascorro speaks at the 2018 TSD Conference.

TSD Speakers Share Positive Student Engagement Tips

Speakers at the recent TSD Conference stressed understanding of students with disabilities in order to transport them more successfully on the school bus as well as adjust them to life…

March 22, 2018
Last modified on Tuesday, 10 April 2018 22:51

Texas Bombings Impact Local School Bus Service

A series of bombings in the city of Austin, Texas, this month put residents and police on high alert and complicated school schedules and student transportation.