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Safetyby Staff and News ReportsJanuary 17, 2024

Florida Boy Dies After Crawling Under School Bus

The 9-year-old boy was hit and killed by the Orange County Public Schools bus in an apartment complex roundabout.

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Alternative Fuelsby News/Media ReleaseJanuary 16, 2024

Blue Bird Celebrates Historic L.A. School Bus Sales

The company expects to deliver a total of 180 electric school buses to Los Angeles Unified School District between 2024 and 2025.

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Safetyby Christy GrimesJanuary 15, 2024

January 2024: SBF Incident and Crime Report Roundup

A roundup of news about recent incidents involving school buses, including a teacher arrested for allegedly making violent threats against a student, and an investigation after a parent who is a corrections officer reportedly threatened students on his son's bus.

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Managementby StaffJanuary 15, 2024

Bus Drivers: Let School Bus Fleet Be Your DJ!

Drivers are invited to suggest their own favorite tunes for the School Bus Fleet playlist on Spotify!

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Alternative Fuelsby Wes PlattJanuary 11, 2024

EPA Inspector General Raises Clean School Bus Fraud Concerns

The Office of the Inspector General made several recommendations to improve the application process to ensure accuracy and veracity.

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Safetyby Christy GrimesJanuary 8, 2024

January 2024: SBF Accident Report Roundup

A roundup of crashes involving school buses, including: woman facing charges after hitting student unloading school bus, student injured when school bus and car collide, and school bus with students onboard hits home.

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Alternative Fuelsby StaffJanuary 8, 2024

Nearly $1 Billion in EPA Clean School Bus Grants Announced

The funding will help selectees purchase more than 2,700 clean school buses in 280 school districts serving more than seven million students across 37 states.

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Alternative Fuelsby News/Media ReleaseJanuary 4, 2024

Blue Bird Adds Two New Alt-Fuels Managers

Steve Whaley, formerly of PERC, and Brad Beauchamp, previously at ZEVX, are joining the school bus manufacturer to bolster green tech efforts.

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Alternative Fuelsby News/Media ReleaseJanuary 3, 2024

Kentucky School District Receives Blue Bird EV Fleet

Carter County Schools is launching a pilot program with 23 electric school buses funded by the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean School Bus Program.

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Safetyby Christy GrimesDecember 29, 2023

December 2023: SBF Incident and Crime Report Roundup

A roundup of recent headlines of incidents involving school buses, including a student who was reportedly sexually assaulted multiple times by a school bus driver; a school bus aide charged in an alleged choking incident, and a school bus driver charged with DWI.

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