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The federal government of the United States has slowly begun to pay attention to the security of school bus transportation. Listed here are links to the federal initiatives taken to date:
Transportation Security Administration Makes School Bus Drivers Eligible Under New First Observer Trucking Security Program:
Train-the-trainer curriculum available (July 2009)
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Rolls Out School Transportation Security Awareness Training:
(updated March 25, 2008 - new Web site)
Letter from Jennifer Dorn, Administrator, Federal Transit Administration:
(January 21, 2005)
Public Transportation and School Buses, Federal Transit Administration
(January, 2005)
Employee Guide to School Bus Security: Identifying Security Threats Maritime & Land Security of the Transportation Security Administration
Department of Homeland Security Announces Additional $21 Million Grant in Partnership with American Trucking Association
:
(Sept 13, 2004) Funds enabled the School Bus Watch driver training program
Congress, Bush Administration Designate School Bus Service as 'Mass Transportation'
USA Patriots Act, H.R. 3162 Section 801 "Terrorist Attacks and Other Acts of Violence Against Mass Transportation Systems, (C) (5)
:
"The term 'mass transportation' ... shall include school bus ..."
Sec. 801 Terrorist Attacks and Other Acts of Violence Against Mass Transportation Systems:
(Chapter 97 of title 18, United States Code, Sec. 1993)
Alerts from the Department of Homeland Security:
Alert 1
Alert 2
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