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The state Department of Education is offering the event, which will be held in Sacramento June 22-23 and in Fresno County June 28-29. Topics to be covered include understanding the special-education process, confidentiality and the special-education student, and public and community relations/mandated reporting.
Read More →The student became agitated due to the high volume of traffic on the freeway, broke a window in his school van and attempted to lean out and touch other vehicles. The driver and aide created a game for the student, urging him to count traffic lights until they were able to exit the freeway; they then pointed out familiar landmarks to help him keep track of his location on the drive to school.
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The five-year reauthorization of the program, which provides funds to reduce emissions from school buses and other diesel vehicles, is approved by the Environment and Public Works Committee. The passage is called a key step in continuing "a vital clean air program that has benefited communities in every single state in the nation."
Read More →The company has information for California school districts on federal and state credits to qualifying districts that buy alternative-fueled buses, and opportunities for operations with special-education transportation needs. A-Z Bus Sales can also assist operations in completing the necessary grant paperwork and application.
Read More →A South Carolina school bus driver won a Millionaire Raffle ticket worth $100,000 on Nov. 22. She says she will use the money to support local charities and pay her children's college expenses.
Read More →The president of a New York contractor company wins a free one-year lease of a Trans Tech Bus ST5 Type A school bus during the New York School Bus Contractors Association’s annual meeting.
Read More →The acquisitions are scheduled to close in the next 30 to 45 days and will add more than 550 vehicles to the company’s fleet, with annualized revenues of more than $28 million. Company Chairman and CEO Denis J. Gallagher says the acquisitions will open two new areas of growth for the company, and one will tuck in to an existing operating location.
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In Washington state in 1945, 15 children and their driver died when their bus plunged into a frigid lake. In British Columbia in 1960, a bus was struck by a freight train, killing 17 people on board.
Read More →Winds resulting from a tornado that hit an Illinois community on Monday flips a district's school bus; the driver and five students suffer various injuries. A district spokesperson says letters containing details of the incident were delivered to parents at the hospitals where their children were taken.
Read More →The American School Bus Council seeks a coordinator to support its marketing and operational activities.
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