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Illinois is the 22nd state to allow the Gardian Angel safety lighting system as optional equipment.
Read More →Investigators say they believe the bus driver left the bus unattended with four students on board, and the vehicle then crossed the road and struck a small child who was standing on a corner. All five children have been released from the hospital, and the driver has been arrested on multiple charges.
Read More →Nicholas John Miller boards the bus armed with a knife and commandeers the bus, driving it from Jacksonville, Ark., to Cabot, Ark., before police stop the bus. Miller is arrested and faces several charges, including a felony count of vehicle piracy, 12 felony counts of kidnapping and two felony counts of aggravated assault. Neither the bus driver nor the 11 students on the bus are injured.
Read More →North Dakota bus driver Cathryn Jostad had both legs amputated in a life-saving operation following a crash with four semis in heavy fog. No one else aboard the bus was seriously injured.
Read More →Threat response was the hot topic at the OPTA training event, which included a live demonstration with a SWAT team.
Read More →Executive Editor of School Bus Fleet, Wes Platt, reminds would-be applicants that time is running out for the first round of Clean School Bus funding. The deadline is Aug. 19. PLUS: We finally hit 100 subscribers! Get the complete recipe for cheeseberry pie at the end of this episode.
Read More →The tech-enabled student transportation provider has been awarded a five-year contract, worth about $79.5 million, to serve San Bernardino Unified School District (SBCUSD).
Read More →The training was developed by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools, with input from NAPT. The materials are available for free download.
Read More →Authorities say that the weapon was unloaded, and the 7-year-old who brought it on the bus apparently had no malicious intent.
Read More →The American School Bus Council launched its annual Love the Bus campaign with events at Orange County (Fla.) Public Schools on Feb. 4.
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