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Newsby Thomas McMahonMarch 6, 2015

School bus safety veteran Wilma Crabtree to retire

Crabtree’s efforts have included spearheading the national survey of school bus loading and unloading fatalities since the early 1980s.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonMarch 2, 2015

New Jersey lawmakers OK service animals on school buses

The bill, which adds school buses to the list of school locations in which students’ service animals are allowed, awaits the governor’s signature.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonFebruary 19, 2015

Florida state school bus driver competition to return

Hillsborough County Public Schools will host the event on Feb. 28. It has been several years since a state school bus driver competition has been held in Florida.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 17, 2015

Video shows school bus driver walking off job

Surveillance footage shows a bus driver for Columbia-Brazoria Independent School District in Texas yelling at students, pulling the bus over, deboarding and waiting for a backup driver to arrive. She resigned the day after the incident.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 10, 2015

NYAPT makes school transportation requests for state budget

The New York association calls for full funding for transportation aid, an increase for school bus driver training, and funding for security equipment, among other recommendations.

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Newsby Nicole SchlosserFebruary 10, 2015

To lessen shortage, district lets attendants take a test-drive

Humble (Texas) Independent School District invited its bus attendants to take part in a ride-and-drive event, allowing them to try driving a school bus in the safety of a large parking lot. Nearly all the attendants who participated have decided to start training to become school bus drivers.

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ArticlesJanuary 26, 2015

Bolstering specialized training for school bus drivers

More districts are including cross training among drivers of both general-education and special-needs students. This will enable them to step into a different bus situation and transport all students in their care safely.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonJanuary 7, 2015

Pupil transportation legal expert Peggy Burns to retire

After two decades of serving as a vital resource on legal issues for the pupil transportation industry, Burns will retire at the end of 2015.

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Newsby StaffDecember 11, 2014

National Express names winners of safety poster contest

The school bus contracting firm’s 2014 contest drew more than 230 submissions, and winners in four categories earned $1,000 each.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonDecember 11, 2014

Kansas School Bus Safety Unit veteran to retire

Debbie Romine, who has been a fixture in pupil transportation safety training and other programs in Kansas for 26 years, will retire on Dec. 19.

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