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In the Rearview Mirror: A Review of 2012 Legal Cases Affecting Special Needs Transportation
This follow-up to our annual compilation of the year's important legal developments focuses on transportation of students with special needs. Use...
Senate Bill Once Again Targets Seclusion, Restraint in Schools
Rep. George Miller (D-CA) re-introduced in the House The All Students Safe Act, which would set for the first time minimum safety standards at...
Federal Cuts to Special Education Funding in South Carolina Could Affect 2013-2014 School Year
A federal funding cut to the South Carolina Department of Education for special education will not affect the current school year, but it could...
Open Communication Is Key to Building Relationships Before, During the IEP Meeting
The relationship between student transportation and special education was likened to a marriage of sorts during a session at the 21st annual National Conference...
Transportation Still a Challenge Post-Sandy Even as More New York City Schools Reopen
Two and a half weeks after Hurricane Sandy battered the East Coast and other areas, New York City has reopened nearly all of its...
Paper Compares Costs, Benefits of Transit and School Buses to Increase Student Achievement
A new white paper seeks to shed light on transportation options available to school districts for increasing student participation in extra-curricular activities, with a...
Update: Chicago Public Schools Turns to Transit for Displaced Students During Teachers Strike
The recent Chicago Teachers Union strike, which ended Tuesday, shut down the nation’s third-largest school district just days after some 402,000 students had returned...
School Bus Evacuation Drills Help Transporters Know Their Student Ridership
When special needs transportation consultant Cheryl Wolf visited an Indiana school district in August to provide training on emergency bus evacuation drills, she heard...
Transportation Challenges Take a Bite Out of the Big Apple
While school districts usually have a few transportation glitches the first week of school, New York City has experienced busing issues serious enough to...
2012 NAPT Summit Reporter’s Notebook
This week has been a busy one in the student transportation industry. First off, it was School Bus Safety Week, an important event to...
February 2012
Student transporters tackle those "Houdini" students with special needs who always seem able to wiggle out of even the best-fitting child restraints. And student...
California District Utilizes YouTube to Broadcast 2012-2013 School Bus Cuts, Call to Action
The Lake Elsinore Unified School District in Southern California posted a two-minute video on YouTube calling for residents to join transportation and other school...
Industry Wrestles with Seclusion, Restraint Issue on School Buses
A newly proposed federal law that would essentially prohibit seclusion and restraint practices on students nationwide may have serious unintended consequences for the school...
Organization Publishes Report on Implications of Seclusion and Restraint in Schools
Non-profit disability advocate group TASH published a study that analyzes news reports on the negative effect of seclusion and restraint on students with disabilities,...
Picking Your Battles
Recently I received a call from a frantic, newly appointed supervisor of transportation, who was overwhelmed by excessive calls from a parent of a...
Southern California School Buses Respond to Bomb Scare
When a Navy corpsman stationed at a local U.S. military base phoned in a bomb threat to San Clemente High School in Southern California...
Peggy Burns’ Newest Video Training Program Focuses on Special Needs
LAFAYETTE, Colo. — Education Compliance Group, Inc. announced today that a new driver training video, The Road to Compliance for Special Needs Drivers by...
IDEA Part B Final Regulations – Discipline Procedures
One of the difficult aspects of providing transportation service to students with disabilities is proper discipline on the bus. In Part B of the...
Parental Involvement: Wouldn’t it Be Nice?
The National PTO wrote about parent involvement in their child's education on its blog yesterday. In doing so, it recognized Minnesota, one of the...
The Oxygen Dependent Student on the School Bus
From time to time I am asked a series of questions regarding the requirement to transport oxygen on school buses. The...
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March 2025
This month's issue dives into the collaboration needed to fully utilize technology to improve routing efficiency, handle rising student...
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Buyer’s Guide 2025
Find the latest vehicle production data and budget reports, industry trends, and contact information for state, national and federal...
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