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Bobit editors combine original reporting and outside sourcing to create comprehensive news reports. 

Newsby Staff and News ReportsOctober 4, 2024

WRI Releases Electric School Bus Training Standards

WRI collaborated with several organizations to look at Electric School Bus training programs and data in order to create their electric school bus training standards.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsOctober 1, 2024

Red Lake School District #38 Welcomes First Electric Buses

The Minnesota school's newest additions to its fleet makes it one of the first public districts in the U.S. with a mostly indigenous population to use funding from the EPA’s Clean School Bus Program.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsAugust 12, 2024

Bus Driver Shortages, Budget Cuts Force Parents to Fill Void

New HopSkipDrive report finds 91% of school transportation systems constrained by bus driver shortages.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsJuly 11, 2024

New York School Bus Contractors to Transition to Electric After Settlement

Details on the requirements in the settlement. Plus, a look at what New York law says about idling.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsJuly 9, 2024

Wrongful Death Lawsuits Filed in 2023 Ohio Bus Crash

Plus, new details that prosecutors believe could have prevented the crash that killed six people altogether.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsMay 2, 2024

Ohio Jury Convicts Minivan Driver in Fatal Bus Crash

Hermanio Joseph, 36, was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter and vehicular homicide in the accident that killed 11-year-old Aiden Clark. He's expected to be sentenced on May 21.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsJanuary 17, 2024

Florida Boy Dies After Crawling Under School Bus

The 9-year-old boy was hit and killed by the Orange County Public Schools bus in an apartment complex roundabout.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsOctober 20, 2023

FCC Allows E-Rate Funding to be Used for School Bus Wi-Fi

School districts can use funding from the E-Rate program beginning in 2024, as the Emergency Connectivity Fund sunsets.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsSeptember 7, 2023

New Joint Venture Forms to Advance U.S. Battery Cell Production

Accelera by Cummins, Daimler Trucks, and PACCAR are joining forces to create a 21-gigawatt hour (GWh) EV battery factory in the United States. If the partnership is approved, production might begin in 2027.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsAugust 8, 2023

Proterra Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection

The move is an effort to strengthen its financial position through a recapitalization, or going-concern sale, according to the company.

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