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Stay current on the practices, equipment, training, and research helping protect students, drivers, and other road users. Here, we cover topics such as illegal passing, loading and unloading, driver safety, student behavior, crash prevention, security, and more.

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News•by Staff•May 17, 2019

California District Impacted by Wildfires Receives Donations of School Bus Camera Systems

Paradise Unified School District accepts donations of 14 new school bus video surveillance systems and installation services after sustaining damage to some of its schools and buses during last year's Camp Fire.

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News•by Sadiah Thompson •May 17, 2019

Teen Motorist Strikes 2 Students After Passing School Bus

The 18-year-old Ohio motorist admits to hitting the students and fleeing the scene. She faces several charges, including failing to stop after an accident and passing a stopped school bus, police say.

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News•by Nicole Schlosser•May 16, 2019

NTSB Report: Driver Had Medical Problems Before Iowa School Bus Fire

The National Transportation Safety Board releases information revealing Donald Hendricks had trouble walking and other medical issues leading up to the fire.

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News•by Sadiah Thompson •May 16, 2019

Ohio City OKs 3-Point Belt Pilot in School Buses

Avon Lake City Council agrees to support a pilot program to install lap-shoulder belts on Avon Lake City Schools buses.

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News•by Staff•May 15, 2019

Michigan District Rolls Out School Bus Tracking App, New Routing Feature

Wayne-Westland Community Schools adopts Synovia Solutions’ “Here Comes the Bus” app and its new routing feature on its 87 buses.  

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News•by Staff•May 14, 2019

Student Fatally Struck at School Bus Stop

The 8-year-old North Carolina student steps into the path of an SUV for an unknown reason and is hit while waiting at her bus stop.

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News•by Nicole Schlosser•May 14, 2019

New York Associations, Law Enforcement Partner to Combat Stop-Arm Running

Law enforcement and community leaders join the New York Association for Pupil Transportation and New York School Bus Contractors Association to raise awareness of illegal school bus passing.

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News•by Sadiah Thompson •May 13, 2019

School Bus Driver Wins National Award for Reflective Safety Belts

Katee Horner of Montana receives second place in First Student’s 2019 Be First Awards after purchasing reflective safety belts for students to wear at school bus stops.

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News•by Staff•May 13, 2019

Special-Needs Student Bitten By Another Student on School Bus

Ten-year-old Lillian Waldron, who, her mother says, is developmentally delayed and nonverbal, gets off the school bus crying after being bitten multiple times by another student on the bus.

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News•by Nicole Schlosser•May 13, 2019

Canadian School Bus Driver Urges Feds to Require Seat Belts

Gary Lillico of British Columbia starts a petition calling to make seat belts on school buses mandatory after learning that a school bus safety report about the belts had been found to be flawed.

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