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The state's contracted drivers are asking lawmakers to support a bill that would make them eligible to receive unemployment benefits during the summer months.
Read More →Senate Bill 2 addresses same-side pickups on state highways; allowing school districts to petition to have speed limits reduced near bus stops; and increased penalties for traffic law violations resulting in death.
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Senate Bill 25 reverses a provision in a law that apparently let motorists pass a stopped school bus if they were on the opposite side of a highway divided only by a turn lane.
Read More →Lawmakers in Nashville, Tennessee, and officials from Rockaway (N.J.) Township School District are working to install stop-arm cameras on school buses as a way to crack down on illegal school bus passing incidents.
Read More →John Stevens stopped his bus before the railroad tracks as state law requires and then pulled forward before being struck by a freight train, according to the crash report. One student was killed in the crash.
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Pam McDonald, president of the California Association of School Transportation Officials, shares details on her efforts to help prepare operators in her state for the deadline to equip their buses with child-check reminder alarm systems.
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The laws require a school bus safety study, a certification program for some school transportation supervisors, and temporary suspension of a school bus endorsement for drivers with three or more moving violations.
Read More →Minnesota-based Voyageur Bus Co. agrees to a settlement with the mother of a boy whose school bus driver grabbed his shoulders and shirt to make him sit up in his seat to make room for another student.
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The Student Transportation Oversight Package (STOP) increases reporting requirements for the city’s Department of Education and requires two-way radio and GPS systems on all school buses.
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Although tragic, the fatal Indiana crash may be instructive of hazards such as lack of visibility, while the industry continues to educate the public on the dangers of passing buses and distracted driving.
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