Transportation directors from around Iowa are saying Iowa school buses need lap-shoulder seat-belts. In a crash test, a bus is shown going 40 mph toward ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) - Hundreds of transportation directors from around Iowa are getting a better idea of what happens when a school bus crashes.

Editor's Note: This profile is part of an ongoing series on women who have made an impact in the school transportation industry. Starting her career as a ...

Gwinnett County Public Schools was one of the 16 Georgia school systems recognized for going above and beyond to ensure safe and efficient student ...

Bus drivers from around the state took part in the 54th Annual Michigan Association for Pupil Transportation Conference at Shanty Creek. The annual event ...

Gwinnett Win Pupil Transportation Safety Award - Loganville-Grayson, GA - Gwinnett County Schools requires 55 hours of classroom training and 20 hours of ...

Cartersville Wins Transportation Safety Award - Cartersville, GA - Cartersville City Schools keeps the focus on bus and student safety by requiring all drivers to ...

The U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) seeks to extend the compliance date for new entry-level driver training rules by exactly two years.

Subscribers Only: When New Jersey mandated free busing for private school kids, no one imagined a district like Lakewood. Is it time to change the law?

Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed a proclamation for School Bus Safety Year, which was then presented last month at the Idaho Association of Pupil Transportation ...

Student transporters from across Iowa gathered in Des Moines this week to witness a test crash. Meanwhile, the State Board of Education is debating whether or ...

Attorney General Kevin Clarkson today issued the following statement after Superior Court Judge Daniel Shally signed an order submitted jointly by attorneys ...

The Alaska Legislature has filed a lawsuit against Gov. Michael Dunleavy over a K-12 education funding dispute.

KELLOGG – It's not everyday that someone from the Silver Valley gets state level recognition for the work they.

Chronic issues with bus driver retention contributed to delays getting students to and from school this past year, frustrating many Chesterfield parents and school ...

(Fort Wayne) News-SentinelWhen a 9-year-old girl and her 6-year-old twin brothers were killed and a fourth student injured when struck by a pickup while ...

Two Loudoun school district mechanics have placed in the top 10 of a skills competition hosted by the Virginia Association for Pupil Transportation. Mechanic II ...

The Richmond Ambulance Authority, in conjunction with other safety partners and the Virginia Association for Pupil Transportation (VAPT), held a mock school ...

Cartersville City Schools Transportation Supervisor Kim Black accepts a Pupil Transportation Safety Award from State School Superintendent Richard Woods at ...

DALLAS, July 2, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Over the weekend, the Propane Council of Texas partnered with its national counterpart, the Propane Education ...

Getting 130,000 students to and from school is no easy task. Gwinnett County Public Schools proved its commitment to safety when it received state recognition.

A State Patrol sergeant returns to the streets after a long recovery from a devastating head-on collision.

Notice of Public Hearing. Notice is hereby given that the School Board of the Bennett County School District 3-1 will conduct a public hearing in the Library ...

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Cartersville City Schools' drivers are trained in how to deal with bus fires and some emergency medical issues — in addition to best ways to maneuver an 11-ton ...

Federal investigators this week said a fatal Iowa school bus fire in 2017 could have been prevented by stricter safety standards, including a fire suppression ...

Two of the people who have coordinated the Cody School District transportation department over the years have retired.

Notice of Hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING BY TODD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 66-1. Notice is hereby given that the School Board of the Todd County School ...

The Iowa Board of Education has approved a preliminary requirement for lap/shoulder seatbelts to be included in the purchase of all new school buses.

RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - Emergency crews from Richmond and Chesterfield were busy Wednesday preparing for a worst-case scenario: a school bus rollover ...

Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills Elementary District 181 is considering the elimination of three of its school bus routes for the 2019-20 school year, a move that could ...

The Hanover Area School District will try to recover more than $47,000 in overpayments from two van-*service* providers, Solicitor Jack Dean said Friday.

Every bus gets inspected yearly. However, throughout the year, troopers will do random inspections to make sure the buses still run properly.

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles School District has announced that Veronica Schaefermeyer has won its 2019 School Bus Safety Poster Contest.

A school bus crash was simulated in Wednesday to prepare Virginia schools for the 'worst-case scenario.'

US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos will be in Greenville to promote a new federal school choice program to subsidize private school education.

In the Nashville mayor's race, multiple claims made by candidates on their campaign websites rely on inaccurate statistics or arrive at simplistic.

Gov. John Carney on Tuesday signed a $4.4 billion Fiscal Year 2020 budget plan.

The Sharon-Mutual school bond is coming to a vote on July 9 and school officials are asking the community to not only consider what the improvements could do ...

UPS says its driving instructors don't need two years of CDL experience to train new UPS drivers, according to an exemption request the logistics company filed ...

Cost and effectiveness are factoring into Fort Wayne Community Schools' decision to hold off on equipping school buses with extended stop arms to prevent ...

Aside from calling for universal school bus fire suppression systems and improved oversight on drivers with medical issues, the National Transportation Safety ...

After an array of test questions, safety checks on a school bus and road course assessments, Hastings bus driver Denise Becker took home first place at an ...

The district will receive a 2020 71-passenger electric school bus.

Almost 12000 school buses across across the state of Missouri were inspected by Missouri State Highway Patrol personnel during the Driver & Vehicle Safety ...

White Pigeon Community Schools Board of Education approved the final amendment to the 2018-19 budget.

For the City Times. MADISON — The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction distributed funding to schools from numerous programs, totaling $1.8 billion, ...

After discussions involving budget deficits this past year and into the future, the Alexandria School Board unanimously chose Monday night to send a ballot ...

During the June 24 Wayne Community School Board meeting, Superintendent Dave Daughton asked the board to offer a coaching contract for the position of ...

By TOM LAVENTURE tlaventure@yourdailyglobe.com BESSEMER — Northern Michigan has a perfent safety rating for busing kids to and from school, and.

LLOYD Greenup County and Raceland Independent school officials will meet today with a state-appointed hearing officer to resolve a dispute about enrolling ...

Members of the Oak Park and River Forest High School District 200 Board of Education are urging district administrators to look more closely at the performance ...

2019-21 Budget, Gov. Evers, Gov. Tony Evers, K-12 Funding, Transportation Funding, Veto, Vetoes, Welfare Reform. 105. MacIver News *Service* | July 3, 2019.

Joppa-Maple Grove Community Unit School District 38 Board of Education met March 25. Here is the minutes provided by the board: Presidnet Reames called ...

I was intrigued when an attendee at a recent legislative town hall suggested Oklahoma should have an eight-year funding plan for education modeled after the ...

The school board will vote on a resolution expressing their concern with the township's growth and requesting notification of development applications.

Sartell-St. Stephen school board voted Monday night to include operating levy question on the November ballot. Voters rejected this levy in 2018.

A special education report for the Montclair school districts found a decrease in overall enrollment, but a rise in out-of-district placements.

As the Oct. 1st Congressional budget deadline nears, public school leaders are concerned about how it will effect Impact Aid they receive from the federal ...

The last time New Haven tried to charge tuition for its inter-district magnet schools, state lawmakers told the city, “Nice try.” This time, school officials are treading ...

You have read 1 of 10 articles. Log In or Subscribe. The Minnesota Association for Pupil Transportation awarded Donna Wold of Underwood School an ...

Stephen Puchta, who last spring was named the director of field services and pupil transportation for the Ohio Department of Education, died early Wednesday.

Morehead City, N.C.. July 12, 2019. TO THE EDITOR: Our Board did not illegally close MaST. We did not vote to close MaST on June 20. With a limited amount ...

Akron School District's 2019-20 budget is up and ready for viewing. The school district always posts their final budget on their website and includes a guide to ...

BOYLSTON Library Children's Programs: Boylston Public Library, 695 Main St. For information or to register, call (508) 869-2371. Tour of the Worcester Art ...

HealthONE's HealthONE Virtual Network (H1VN) is now providing telemedicine stroke-neurology, acute-neurology, and psychiatry services to Sedgwick County ...

The superintendent of the Borough of Little Silver's school district is hoping an increase in extraordinary aid will help support the cost of sending some special ...

In House Bill 31, the state of Georgia continues a pattern of shortchanging pupil transportation that triggers safety concerns and significant costs for local school ...

BERLIN Library Programs: Berlin Public Library, 23 Carter St. For information or to register, email sfoster@cwmars.org or call (978) 838-2812. Story Time, 10:30 ...

Students riding to school in passenger vehicles is nothing new. What has changed is the person and companies that are driving them. As an alternative to taking ...

Notice is hereby given thatan order granted by theSupreme Court, NassauCounty, on the 29th day ofJune, 2019, bearing IndexNo. 604004/2019, a copy ofwhich ...

DES MOINES, Iowa -- The Iowa State Board of Education voted to move forward with a proposal to require seat belts in all brand new school buses. The Iowa ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – The head of pupil transportation for New York City schools has been fired after a nightmarish string of bus mishaps marred the ...

RACINE — After more than 20 years with busing provided by Durham School Services, the Racine Unified School Board has decided to go with a different ...

An overhaul of public school finance in Texas that could result in increasing the reimbursement for school bus transportation, highlights the three school-related ...

When Winter Storm Avery struck New York City last November, the flurries weren't strictly snow and ice. The storm immobilized traffic, including thousands of ...

Carlisle Beasley, a former member of the School Transportation News editorial board and a National Association for Pupil Transportation (NAPT) Hall of Fame ...

Just days after responding to the city's school bus crisis by firing a top official and reassigning another, schools Chancellor Richard Carranza put his staff on ...

KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. — Any number of illegal passes on school buses does not make Kanawha County Schools Transportation Director Brette Fraley ...

A provocative new study claims New Jersey could cut $200 million in its annual school transportation costs. “The percentage of special needs students proved to ...

For the last three years, we here at Safety Vision have been dedicated to growing our business in the pupil transportation industry. As we've delved into the ins ...

According to the Arkansas Department of Education, local school bus drivers recently reported 884 instances of motorists illegally passing stopped school buses ...

Michigan public schools spent an average of $10548 per student in 2017-18, up 3.3% from $10209 in 2016-17.

Goldstein was fired after an embarrassing slew of busing mishaps marred the start of the school year.

The Student Transportation Oversight Package (STOP) was designed to avoid the back to school “nightmares” and give more transparency to parents in New ...

Council Member Justin Brannan (photo: John McCarten\City Council). Sally Kabel was diagnosed with infant leukemia at ten months old, the treatment for which ...

NEW YORK -- Next school year, NYC parents will be able to track their child's school bus like you can do with Uber right now. The new legislation is part of a ...

Embattled top Department of Education administrator Elizabeth Rose has resigned, The Post has learned.

Federal prosecutors have opened an investigation into city contracts awarded to private companies that operate New York City's massive yellow school bus ...

The wheels on the bus go round and round, but they require someone behind the wheel to drive them.New York school districts are facing a shortage of bus ...

School bus driver Kristine Abernathy takes home second place in this year's annual Kansas State Pupil Transportation Association's school bus safety ...

New York City must build a school bus system that works for the students it is intended to serve.

Ezra Carlisle Beasley was responsible for implementing school desegregation in Nashville, one of the country's earliest. Beasley died Monday at 83.

New York school districts say they need more bus drivers. A report released Thursday says a shortage of drivers is the top concern of 60 percent of school ...

The Department of Education is investigating allegations that more than 100 people were fraudulently approved to work as city school-bus drivers when their ...

The utility has been hosting webinars and meetings to promote electric school buses and funding opportunities.

Kevin Moran was appointed to oversee the Office of Pupil Transportation.

School districts spend more each year ferrying pupils than on school administration and capital improvements. A new report suggests big economies are ...

A problem that is often echoed in the pupil transportation industry is the lack of communication when it comes to school bus issues. This issue can be combated ...

The package of bills comes after reports of bus mishaps at the start of the school year.