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The auditor general discovers 10 drivers in the state who should have been banned from transporting students because of criminal convictions.
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Omaha Public Schools is trying to simplify its busing system and cut costs by reducing the number of schools that students can apply to and still be eligible to ride the bus. The district’s transportation costs are high compared with other urban Midwestern districts.
Read More →Retiring Sen. Tim Cullen asks colleagues to continue working toward mandating seat belts in new school buses after his bill fell short of making it to the Senate floor for a vote last session. The president of the Wisconsin School Bus Association testified against Cullen's bill during a hearing late last year.
Read More →Motorists are apparently confused by a new highway bypass, and are not stopping for school buses when their red lights are flashing. More police are placed near bus stops in the area.
Read More →Following news reports that Gov. Chris Gregoire was considering cutting school bus transportation to help close the state's $2 billion budget shortfall, word comes from her office that she never supported the idea. While school busing was on a list of possible cuts that was sent to Gregoire to review, they did not make her final cut.
Read More →Thomas Naime, who had been a bus driver for Omaha (Neb.) Public Schools, was found guilty of caretaker neglect and fined $250 for leaving a pre-K student who depends on a feeding tube and has selective mutism on a bus in August.
Read More →The New York Association for Pupil Transportation gives the honor to Rose Winters of Owego Apalachin Central School District. She has worked for the district for 38 years.
Read More →According to a survey conducted by the three national pupil transportation associations, 51% of school bus operators are experiencing a “severe” or “desperate” driver shortage.
Read More →On the timely topic of advertising on school buses, one concern is the potential for trouble in controlling the ad content. The fear of legal ramifications seems to be supported by a court case involving a transit agency that refused to run bus ads aimed at convicted felons.
Read More →School buses equipped with safety cameras set to detect vehicles that illegally pass stopped buses.
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