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According to Burbio, a community events data service that tracks school openings, several school districts are delaying school start and opting for virtual learning due to an increase in COVID cases and quarantining.
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Elisa Hanley, who has represented Kentucky at the National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services since 2014, looks forward to her role on the steering committee of the National Congress on School Transportation when it meets in 2025.
Read More →Gov. Janet Mills signed LD 166, which allows the use of stop-arm and exterior cameras to catch motorists who run stop arms. It also maintains a $250 minimum fine for a first-time stop-arm violation.
Read More →As many schools across the U.S. close due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19), some districts are using Wi-Fi-enabled buses to ensure students have internet access.
Read More →How can the combination of telematics and automatic fire suppression systems reduce the risk of catastrophes in school bus fleets?
Read More →Loved ones of Kadyn Halverson, who was killed by a pickup truck as she was walking to board her school bus, have been lobbying legislators to pass a bill on the subject. Gov. Terry Branstad has asked the state departments of public safety, education and transportation to work with lawmakers to craft the legislation.
Read More →Among the revisions is the requirement that in order to receive a diabetic waiver, a school bus driver’s healthcare provider must verify that the driver has had no severe hypoglycemic reactions or symptomatic hyperglycemia, and that the driver has been free from an insulin reaction that has resulted in a loss of consciousness, attention or awareness, or has required assistance from another person.
Read More →The web seminar, hosted by the Propane Education & Research Council, will provide details on the recent expansion of Thomas Built Buses’ alternative-fuel offerings with its propane-fueled Saf-T-Liner C2 school bus.
Read More →An opinion from the state attorney general determines that districts should begin the process of complying with Act 654, which prohibits school bus drivers from picking up or dropping off students in locations where they would have to cross traffic lanes, but that the act gives no specified completion date, letting districts take their time to implement changes.
Read More →Alice Sherrod, formerly of the North Chicago Community Unit School District 187, is sentenced to 30 months for receiving at least $566,000 in kickbacks.
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