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Newsby StaffNovember 6, 2016

HSM Offers Enhanced Portable Child Restraint

The C.E. White PCR, a five-point restraint system, attaches to school bus seats and accommodates children weighing 20 to 90 pounds.

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Newsby StaffApril 4, 2013

Bus purchases deferred for Massachusetts Head Start programs

The purchases will be put off this year due to anticipated budget cuts stemming from the federal sequester. Officials at two agencies that run Head Start programs in the state say that they don’t yet know the extent to which their budgets will be impacted. The Patriot Ledger reports that the sequester reduced the budget for Head Start by 5%.

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Newsby StaffNovember 13, 2012

NHTSA child restraints video now on DVD

For transporting very young children who must be secured in child safety restraint systems, the agency's free video covers the key steps of selection, direction, location and installation. It also demonstrates the proper placement of children in a safety restraint.

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Articlesby StaffNovember 1, 2006

Head Start final rule offers key exemptions

Head Start grantees have been given clearance to request waivers from two key Head Start transportation requirements — that each child be seated in a child restraint system while the vehicle is in motion and that each bus have at least one monitor on board at all times.

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Articlesby StaffMarch 1, 2006

NSTA looks at Head Start, EPA funding at winter meeting

MAUI, Hawaii — The National School Transportation Association (NSTA) addressed a number of critical issues facing the pupil transportation industry at its mid-winter meeting in late January.

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Articlesby StaffDecember 1, 2005

Head Start deadline draws near

The final deadline for Head Start transportation regulations is Jan. 18, 2006.

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ArticlesJune 1, 2004

7 Ways Transportation Supervisors Can Beat the Clock

You are the Head Start transportation supervisor, and, like most of your colleagues, you wear multiple hats. Transporting children safely to and f...

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ArticlesApril 1, 2003

IEPs, Regulatory Issues Pervade Special-Needs Show

Approximately 550 special-education experts and transportation personnel traveled to Indianapolis for the 12th Annual National Conference and Exhibiti...

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ArticlesApril 1, 2003

Budgeting for Head Start Transportation: A Process and a Plan

Budgeting is a process that is designed to develop a plan, and that plan should reflect the operational goals to be achieved during the fiscal year co...

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ArticlesFebruary 1, 2003

New Deadlines Loom for Head Start Agencies

In January 2000, 45 CFR 1310 was issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. That final rule set the immediate and future standards fo...

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