- “The Safety of School Transportation”
By Derek Graham, North Carolina State Director & NASPDTS Past-President
For SEEN Magazine (SouthEast Education Network)
- “Dear Colleague Guidance on Bullying and Harassment” and Fact Sheet
Office of Civil Right, U.S. Department of Education
Oct. 26, 2010 letter
- NHTSA Letter to State DMV Commissioners on Non-Conforming Vans
Dec. 2, 2010 letter communicates need to contact owners of nine-, 12- and 15-passenger vans of the roll-over risks of these vehicles in crashes.
- NHTSA Advisory Cautioning Consumers on 15-Passenger Vans
Oct. 14, 2010 advisory that includes language that “pre-primary, primary and secondary schools should not use 15-passenger vans for transporting school children, as they do not provide the same level of safety as school buses.”
- Special Safety Concerns of the School Bus Industry, October 2009
- American School Bus Council
- Child Safety Network SafeBus
- Terrorism Preparedness Guidelines: New York State Education Department
- North Carolina School Bus Safety: Safety and Security Training Offerings
- Addressing Security Risks in School Transportation: Points of View by Pete Baxter, Charles Guathier and John Green. Source: TRB News 237, March-April 2005
- FEMA
- Homeland Security Operations Center (HSOC)
- Department of Homeland Security
- FBI
- Ready.gov from the Department of Homeland Security
- Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Technical Assistance Center: The center, part of the U.S. Department of Education, disseminates information about emergency management to help school districts learn more about developing, implementing, and evaluating crisis plans.
- Transportation Security Administration
- Transportation Research Board’s Transportation Emergency Response Preparedness Information
- Office of Safe & Drug-free Schools at the U.S. Department of Education
- Operation Safe Stop is a law enforcement and education initiative addressing the problem of motorists who illegally pass stopped school buses. It is a cooperative effort between the student transportation industry and state, county, city and local law enforcement.
Research Papers
- Assessment of the Fire Performance of School Bus Interior Components (July 1990)
Final report from U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Center for Fire Research - Evaulation of the Rollover Propensity of Fifteen-Passenger Vans (Oct. 15, 2002)
National Transportation Safety Board
- 15-Passenger Van Use by Public School Districts in Illinois (Feb. 27, 2006)
A doctoral dissertation by Dr. Mary Brown, Chief Financial Officer
Evanston-Skokie (Ill.) School District 65 - 15-Passenger Van Safety (June 2011)
BrightFleet.com, a hazard-perception evaluation and risk mitigation Web site for drivers, published research to assist fleet owners in understanding the dynamics of the 15-passenger van, and what makes it a greater risk than most vehicles for collisions and rollovers.
- Flammability Standards for School Buses (October 2011)
A position paper from the National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation that explains current national standards and federal regulations for fire safety in and on school buses.
