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Newsby Wes PlattJuly 6, 2022

FMCSA Extends "Under the Hood" Waiver Through September

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration agrees that the waiver could help with the school bus driver shortage during peak recruitment season during the summer months.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseJune 30, 2022

First Student Clears Total Transportation Corp. Acquisition Hurdles

The company reports that it has gotten necessary approvals to take over the provider of general and special-education student transportation, paratransit, and charter services in New York City, Upstate New York, and Philadelphia.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseJune 30, 2022

L.A. Schools Award $400M Transportation Contract to Zum

The Los Angeles Unified School District, with more than 650,000 students, has selected student transportation provider Zum with an eye toward modernizing services.

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NewsJune 29, 2022

NSTA Gears Up for Niagara Falls Meeting

School Bus Fleet joins as exclusive media partner, with Executive Editor Wes Platt moderating a panel discussion about special-needs transportation.

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Newsby Wes PlattJune 28, 2022

Legislators Seek ACA Loophole Closure for School Bus Drivers, Other Support Staff

Sen. Edward J. Markey and Rep. Donald Norcross asked U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to eliminate a loophole that keeps some contracted school bus drivers and other support staff ineligible for benefits under the Affordable Care Act.

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Articlesby Christy GrimesJune 27, 2022

Contractor Roundtable: After-School Transportation and Driver Shortages

This conversation, featured in the June/July issue of School Bus Fleet, brings together representatives from Cook-Illinois Corporation, National Express LLC, Zum, and HopSkipDrive.

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Newsby Wes PlattJune 21, 2022

Illinois Politicians Seek Eligibility Expansion for Clean School Bus Program

In a letter addressed to EPA Administrator Michael Regan, legislators want changes to eligibility and prioritization criteria to avoid keeping some districts locked out of the federal program.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseJune 17, 2022

New Jersey Tech Trade Students Receive National Express Bus

The student transportation company donated a school bus from its Philadelphia Parts Reclamation Center (PRC) to provide hands-on maintenance training for students at Pennco Tech.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseJune 17, 2022

STA/STC Heralds Canadian Expansion

Student Transportation of America/Student Transportation of Canada has acquired Pacific Western Transportation, which is Canada's largest privately-owned transportation company.

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School Bus Fleet BlogJune 13, 2022

NSTA: Bus-In Back on the Road and In-Person

The past two years have been anything but normal, and that required us to cancel our Bus‐In events for both 2020 and 2021. These cancellations did not mean that the association’s advocacy efforts shut down for the better part of two years.

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