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Newsby StaffJanuary 17, 2012

Bus camera captures student sex assault

The incident is discovered after a parent requests that the Houston district's transportation department review conditions on the bus. The footage shows two 10-year-old boys assaulting an 8-year-old boy.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 17, 2012

8 students treated after bus pepper spray incident

The students require medical attention after the substance is accidentally discharged on the bus. A police department spokesman says that to avoid such incidents, students who carry pepper spray should be informed on how to properly use it.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 17, 2012

District’s bus service unchanged despite funding cuts

Pupil transportation at Ukiah (Calif.) Unified School District will continue this school year without any changes even though the district’s funding for the service has been reduced by $467,000 due to statewide cuts. The district’s reserves are able to absorb the one-time reduction.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 12, 2012

Bus partially submerged on flooded road

The bus, which is carrying more than 50 elementary school students, is swept into a ditch and water enters the back of the bus after the driver tries to navigate the road. The sheriff's department evacuates the students using trucks.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 12, 2012

Trans Tech expands dealership network

Five more dealers across the U.S. are now selling the school bus manufacturer’s products, including the new eTrans all-electric bus. The dealerships are Davey Coach Sales, MVI Group, Uebelhor and Sons Chevrolet, Cumberland International and RWC International.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 12, 2012

Firm provides financing for Atlantic Express bus purchase

Fleet Financing Resources funds $875,000 for Atlantic Express of L.A. Inc. that will go toward five 2012 compressed natural gas-fueled Blue Bird A3RE school buses. The transaction was partially supported by a $225,000 clean transportation grant from Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 11, 2012

Stop-arm running on the rise, police in Wis. say

In Sturgeon Bay, officers have been dispatched to an increased number of illegal school bus passing incidents in the past few weeks. The police department takes the opportunity to urge motorists to do their part in keeping bus riders safe.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 11, 2012

Ky. school bus ad bill passes committee

The state Legislature’s House Education Committee approves House Bill 30, which would allow school boards to sell advertising space on school buses, and give them the authority to decide on the ads’ content. The bill now goes to the full House for consideration.

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ArticlesJanuary 10, 2012

Insight on timely topics

Speakers during the NAPT Summit discuss such issues as bullying, wheelchair use, training and alternative fuels. Attendees also see several new school buses.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 10, 2012

Committee narrowly passes Fla. bus ad bill

The Senate Prekindergarten-12 Committee passes SB 344 with a 4-2 vote. The bill would have died, but a critic votes for it so that the bill's sponsor can make changes to it.

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