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Under new legislation, school districts could sell advertising space on the exterior of their buses. Districts would be required to give top priority to advertisers that promote manufacturers and businesses that are members of the Made in Oklahoma program. Revenue raised would go into districts’ general funds.
Read More →The 'Transportation Tutors' spend about an hour a day at a local elementary school between morning and afternoon bus routes helping students learn to read.
Read More →To bring down the number of accidents with children around school buses, four organizations teamed up to provide the safety training program at no charge to school districts nationwide. The offer still stands.
Read More →Andy Stern has helmed the union, which represents an estimated 18,000 school bus drivers across the nation, for the past 14 years. He is credited with doubling SEIU's membership and helping elect Barack Obama to the presidency. Some see Stern as a divisive figure.
Read More →Two New Jersey brothers each get more than 20 years in prison for carjacking a vehicle and shooting at two people. Shots aimed at the vehicle of a witness hit a school bus, but none of the students on board was injured.
Read More →The measure would allow Georgia schools to use the same state funds for school bus repairs and refurbishments that are allocated for school bus replacement. If it is ultimately signed into law, it would become effective on July 1.
Read More →Teamsters branch at a New Jersey school district accepts a hold on pay increases for the 2010-11 school year to help alleviate the district’s budget crisis. Administrators also agree to a wage freeze, contingent upon the school budget passing.
Read More →An Ohio school district is slated to buy 15 school buses funded in part by state and federal grants. With the most recent order, the district will have purchased 261 new school buses — close to half of its fleet.
Read More →Once a child is enrolled in Portland, Ore.'s Community Transitional School, he or she can continue to attend the school regardless of frequent address changes that would require transferring to another district. Bus routes are changed often to follow students' moves.
Read More →A new bill would alter a current Minnesota law mandating that children of a certain age and height be fastened in a restraint system, such as a booster seat, in vehicles with seat belts. The legislation would exclude school buses and Type III vehicles that meet federal crash protection safety standards.
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