Special-needs students allegedly exposed to extreme heat in buses
WARTBURG, Tenn. — Last month, a woman filed a child endangerment report claiming that her daughter, as well as other special-needs students, were forced to wait in buses without air conditioning or water while the drivers picked up additional students from a neighboring school. District officials disputed the endangerment claim. To read the full story, click here.

La. school bus drivers prep for hot weather
BENTON, La. — While transporting special-needs students during the summer months, drivers for Bossier Public Schools carry ice chests filled with water bottles and moist towels on their buses. The school system had been providing water, but it began providing the ice and coolers after a boy with cerebral palsy suffered heat stroke while riding his bus last year. To read the full story, click here.

Special-needs student involved in bus route snafu
INDIANAPOLIS — A 4-year-old special-needs boy was brought home by local police officers after his bus driver, who is employed by Indianapolis Public Schools, failed to drop him off after school. The boy’s mother complained to the district’s transportation office following the incident. To read the full story, click here.