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Special Needs Transportationby StaffJanuary 4, 2016

Iris scanners tested on special-needs school buses

A school transportation agency in California concludes a trial test of biometric iris scanners to track students as they board and exit buses.

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Special Needs Transportationby StaffDecember 30, 2015

School bus aide accused of stealing money from special-needs students

Candice Milford of New Jersey was charged with theft after allegedly stealing money that was intended for class trips from five students between the ages of 6 and 9.

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Managementby StaffDecember 30, 2015

Nebraska district to cut back school bus service

Omaha Public Schools is trying to simplify its busing system and cut costs by reducing the number of schools that students can apply to and still be eligible to ride the bus. The district’s transportation costs are high compared with other urban Midwestern districts.

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Managementby Thomas McMahonDecember 30, 2015

Nashville district boosts school bus driver pay, hours

Pay raises, a 40-hour work week and attendance bonuses are key factors in Metro Nashville Public Schools’ new plan to address school bus driver recruitment and retention.

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Safetyby StaffDecember 29, 2015

Students, school bus driver rescued from flood waters

Eighteen students and the driver were rescued after their school bus was swept into a retention pond in Illinois. No injuries were reported.

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Managementby Nicole Schlosser and Thomas McMahonDecember 29, 2015

Editors’ picks: videos of the year

Video highlights on the School Bus Fleet website in 2015 included a clever parody about transporting pupils and a profile of a veteran school bus driver.

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Safetyby StaffDecember 29, 2015

School bus driver loses job over prank

The Connecticut driver joked with students about taking a nap behind the wheel, and a student told her mother. The district removed him from its list of approved drivers and police are investigating the incident.

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Alternative Fuelsby StaffDecember 29, 2015

Illinois district grows propane school bus fleet

Olympia CUSD now has more than a third of its buses running on propane, which officials say is lowering operating costs and yielding other benefits.

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Managementby StaffDecember 28, 2015

Former transportation supervisor pleads guilty in school bus service scam

Anna Sollozzo, who worked for the Yonkers (N.Y.) Board of Education, pleaded guilty to second degree grand larceny and third degree criminal tax fraud charges for her role in billing the board for non-existent bus service for nearly two years.

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Safetyby StaffDecember 28, 2015

Survey results show rise in illegal school bus passing incidents in New York

The New York Association for Pupil Transportation’s Dec. 16 survey found that 912 school bus drivers reported a total of 592 passing incidents, making the total estimated rate 32,456 illegal passes statewide, up from 30,735 passing incidents recorded in the Nov. 18 survey.

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