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Newsby StaffFebruary 25, 2010

Consulting firms form partnership

In addition to routing reviews, cost analyses and operations assessments, Management Partnership Services will now offer expertise in legal issues, compliance monitoring and human resource management through its agreement with Education Compliance Group.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 18, 2010

New Peggy Burns DVD covers law and compliance

The 56-minute video is especially designed for transportation supervisors and others who administer, coordinate, train or deliver transportation-related services to students. Attendees at the Transporting Students with Disabilities conference in Orlando will receive a free copy of the DVD.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 1, 2010

District must increase security for special-needs students on buses

Under a settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice, a Tennessee school district is required to enhance the safety of students with disabilities by taking such steps as staffing monitors to assist drivers on all special-needs buses. The settlement is the result of a lawsuit stemming from episodes of peer-on-peer sexual harassment on buses operated by the district.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 4, 2010

District responsible for damages in special-needs bus case

The Colorado Supreme Court has determined that a school district is liable for the actions of a bus driver who is accused of hitting a special-needs student. The case will now return to district court.

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Newsby StaffNovember 19, 2009

School bus driver charged with felony neglect in student violence case

Students allegedly tormented classmates on the bus for most of the school year; they will be tried on charges of sexual battery, strangulation and intimidation early next year.

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ArticlesOctober 9, 2009

‘Making a List and Checking It Twice’: Subjecting Cost-Cutting Strategies to a Second Look

By the time you’re reading this issue of SCHOOL BUS FLEET, you’ve either been “living” change or anticipating it. The comments I’ve heard at su...

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Newsby StaffSeptember 14, 2009

State Supreme Court asked to review special-needs bus case

LONGMONT, Colo. — The St. Vrain Valley School District recently asked the state Supreme Court to review a case wherein one of its school bus drivers ...

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Newsby StaffJune 1, 2009

Review: Guidance on special-needs transportation

By Kathy Furneaux Peggy Burns’ new video, The Road to Compliance for Special Needs Drivers, is a refreshing and welcome validatio...

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Newsby StaffMay 11, 2009

More than 50 tune in to Burns Web seminar

Peggy Burns presented a Web seminar on anticipating and preparing for legal issues in school transportation management during tough economic times.

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Newsby StaffJune 2, 2008

State directors call for clarification of student info access

WASHINGTON, D.C. — State pupil transportation directors urged the U.S. Department of Education to clarify that school bus personnel should be giv...

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