The Propane Education and Research Council’s Volkswagen Trust Resource Center provides information on propane school buses and includes a state-by-state map with details on how to apply for Volkswagen settlement funds.
The new law ushers in harsher penalties for motorists who run a stop arm, establishes bus safety practice requirements, and allows reimbursement for stop-arm camera equipment.
The latest round of DERA funding will be used to replace 473 school buses in 43 states or territories.
Two winners will each receive a $100 cash prize. Entries must be received by Friday, June 14, 2019.
Ericka Holley of North Carolina loses control of the bus, which runs off the highway and into a ditch. There are no serious injuries.
The Virginia aide allegedly grabs and punches a 12-year-old boy to restrain him on three separate occasions, and the bus driver is accused of failing to intervene or alert school officials.
The driver tells police that the bus's brakes had failed after starting the bus from a stop, causing the bus to sideswipe another vehicle and crash into the lawn of a home.
Jayce Holt, 6, is riding his bicycle along the road toward an intersection, likely doesn’t realize the bus is turning, and brakes too late. He falls into the intersection and gets hit by the bus.
Mary Beth Hudson and fourth-grade student Kaitlyn Blackmon are recognized by the American Red Cross for helping save a student who was choking while on the bus last fall.
Shane Piche of New York is sentenced to 10 years of probation and will be registered as a Level 1 sex offender after admitting in a plea deal to raping a 14-year-old girl he drove to school.
Tracy Peoples of Ohio and the students on her bus provide police the information needed to arrest the motorist.
The Latching Solenoid Valve Array can be used for on-vehicle applications such as on-chassis field expansions with no additional wiring or air supply.
Hopkins (Minn.) Public Schools is testing Safe Fleet’s Predictive Stop-Arm. It uses radar technology and predictive analytics to notify bus drivers and students when risk is detected outside the bus.
Winners will receive up to $50,000 in smart fleet hardware technology.
More than 50 NSTA members are participating in over 120 individual meetings in congressional offices to address industry issues such as illegal school bus passing.
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NSTA Advocacy in Action — Helping the Yellow Bus Go Green
