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It Takes a Pandemic to Prove The Power of Yellow

In lockstep with U.S. Department of Education requirements, an FAQ posted on the Maryland State Department of Education website points out that amid COVID-19...

District Support of Parental eLearning Development Vital for Students with Disabilities

As parents are learning to adapt to the challenges of homeschooling their children, several student transportation industry experts shared advice on how to utilize...

Rethinking School Startup for Students with Special Needs

Getting vulnerable kids to school has always been challenging, but the spread of COVID-19 brings a whole new set of problems. How do you...

Webinar Takes Attendees on a Journey to Safer Wheelchair Transportation

A free webinar presented by School Transportation News tackled the topic of wheelchair securement on a school bus, which can be a confusing and...

HopSkipDrive Raises $22 Million to Help Fuel Market Expansion

LOS ANGELES — HopSkipDrive, the youth transportation solution for schools and families, announced on Feb. 4 that it raised $22 million in funding from...

HopSkipDrive Launches in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

DALLAS — HopSkipDrive, the safe and innovative transportation solution for families and schools, announced today that it has launched service in the Dallas-Fort Worth...

March 2019

Proper securement of students with special needs, fire evacuation drills and video surveillance on the school bus. Read the full March 2019 Issue Cover Story Proper...

R.I. Driver Strike Complicates Special Needs School Bus Service

Local government authorities in Providence, Rhode Island, are under pressure to get special needs students transported to and from school, as drivers with contractor...

Paper Shares Best-Practices of Transporting Children with Special Needs

A new policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics provides best practices for ensuring safe transportation of medically fragile students on school buses. A...

Legal Advice Presented at TSD Conference on Avoiding Legal Minefields

FRISCO, TEXAS—Special needs attorney Julie Weatherly reviewed some common areas of confusion related to school bus services for students with disabilities and clarified issues...

The (Lack of) Data Problem

How do you respond when the superintendent—or worse, the local media—calls and asks for the cost of student transportation? When it has come time to...

TSD Conference Discusses Collaboration, Communication as Trust Building Tools

FRISCO, Texas — A recurrent theme during day two of the 2019 TSD Conference was how attendees can build trust in their own knowledge,...

#TSD2018 Kicks Off with Hands-On Training

FRISCO, TEXAS — The 2018 TSD Conference opened on Friday with several hands-on training sessions for transporters of students with disabilities and preschoolers for...

TSD Conference Highlights for Day 4 — Monday, March 18

The Transporting Students with Disabilities & Special Needs Conference & Trade Show is almost here, so this is your last chance to attend the popular...

#TSD2018: Bus Training Aims for Special Needs Independence

The Individuals with Disabilities Act prescribes that students in special education programs who utilize school bus service as part of their Individualized Education Program...

Which One’s For You?

School districts that need help to transport students who have special needs are turning to third-party services. Those services include traditional outsourcing and alternative...

6-Year-Old Allowed to Ride School Bus With Cannabis-Based Medicine

A new administrative court ruling requires a Northern California school district to allow a 6-year-old kindergartner with a severe form of epilepsy to ride...

Day Three of #TSD2018 in Photos

The TSD Conference on Sunday featured a packed house to see keynote speaker Jo Mascorro discuss overcoming challenging behaviors on the bus. ...

Ohio District Allegedly Violated Special Needs Transportation Rules

Northeastern Local School District in Ohio is accused by the state Department of Education of improperly transporting a special-needs student, the Springfield News-Sun reports. ...

‘Then, Now & Tomorrow’ of Special Needs Student Transportation

FRISCO, TEXAS — Five tenured faculty members of the TSD Conference provided perspectives on the history and current struggles of the special needs and...

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