1. Arkansas school bus drivers report increase in illegal passing  KATV
2. 1-day survey finds school buses were passed illegally 884 times  Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
3. School bus drivers report increase of illegal passing  KNWA
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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 ...

LATHAM, N.Y. – The 48th Annual New York State School Bus Safety Competition, organized by the New York School Bus Contractors Association (NYSBCA), ...

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Eric Jones took first place in the 2019 Maine Association for Pupil Transportation transit division driving skills competition. Submitted photo. Nancy Richardson ...

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MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Tragedy struck within minutes when 11-year-old Shianne Dean got off her school bus Friday afternoon near 23rd Avenue North and ...

Camden, N.Y. — Education, transportation and law enforcement advocates across the state joined forces on May 2 to remind drivers about the importance of ...

CAMDEN — An event for local bus safety advocates to emphasize the dangers of passing a stopped school bus and penalties associated with it was hosted ...

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A confidential settlement has been reached in a wrongful-death claim for a 4-year-old girl struck and killed by a Columbia police vehicle on a sidewalk at Battle ...

Q'STRAINT and Sure-Lok announced their ongoing commitment to the Peter J. Grandolfo Memorial Award of Excellence, to be presented by School ...

SEATTLE, Wash. — Zonar, the leader in smart fleet technology, in partnership with the National Association of Pupil Transportation (NAPT), today announced ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature have agreed to increase K-12 school funding by $500 million over the next two ...

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WESTMORELAND — Every day in New York state an average of 50000 cars illegally pass by school buses while they are stopped picking up or dropping off ...

Rob Travis, the transportation director at Medina City Schools in Ohio, decided to launch a public *service* campaign, following the increased national awareness ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Deals were coming together Wednesday as Gov. Tim Walz and top legislative leaders prepared for a special session to finish work on ...

FULTON — From Monday, April 29, through Friday, May 3, the Fulton Police Department, along with law enforcement officers around the state, will participate in ...

The budget, scheduled to be finalized in June, includes a 2.3% tax hike. The Ephrata Area School approved a preliminary budget that includes a 2.3% increase ...

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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma — Governor Kevin Stitt has signed a bill allowing law enforcement to use cameras on buses to track down drivers who illegally pass ...

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Durham School Services, Racine Unified School District's lame-duck transportation company, has informed the state of the future layoff of 211 employees, ...

The 2017-2018 school year was tragic to a level I have not seen in my 37 years in the field of campus safety. Having provided post-incident assistance for six ...

RACINE — Durham School Services, Racine Unified School District's lame-duck transportation company, has informed the state of the future layoff of 211 ...

A change in school bus contractor at Racine Unified School District will result in 211 job losses, an impact that will reportedly be mitigated by the new provider's ...

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A bill allowing law enforcement to use cameras on school buses to track down drivers who illegally pass stopped buses was signed into law on Thursday by ...

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State lawmakers have announced an agreement reached on legislation authorizing the use of “Stop-Arm” Cameras on school buses to ticket illegal passers.

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A bill allowing law enforcement to use cameras on school buses to track down drivers who illegally pass stopped buses was signed into law on Thursday.

Operation Safe Stop kicks off Thursday morning. The new initiative promotes school bus safety.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Termination letters show Charlotte-area school districts fired dozens of bus drivers in recent years for everything from inappropriately ...

HOPKINS, Minn. — It's a problem across the nation: drivers passing stopped school buses. Our KARE 11 team continues to hear about this issue from ...

The Montgomery County Council Thursday morning unanimously approved its $5.8 billion budget for fiscal year '20. The budget does not raise taxes and ...

Starting this fall, motorists in the Sooner State who illegally pass stopped school buses face the possibility of being captured on video. Oklahoma is the 18th state ...

ALBANY — State senators adopted legislation that would increase penalties for passing stopped school buses and other measures to increase school bus ...

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School districts are spending more money per student than ever across the country, and South Shore administrators say the rising numbers are a reflection of ...

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The two Republican state senators representing Douglas County were satisfied with the outcome of the legislative session. Sen. Bill Ingebrigtsen, R-Alexandria, ...

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LANSING, MI -- The Michigan Senate passed a budget on Wednesday, leaving behind the revenue increase and cost shifts proposed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer ...

THREE RIVERS – The Three Rivers Community Schools Board of Education was given an update on the district's pursuit for an electric bus grant from the ...

I urge you to restore the funding that has been stripped from public schools since 1993 through revenue limits. At the very least, provide increases each year.

COUNCIL cash is used to transport more than 1200 children to school by taxi in Cumbria every day - with one pupil's daily journey costing £355.

(SitNews) Juneau, Alaska - The Alaska Senate today passed the state's operating budget for fiscal year 2020 with the bill now going back to the House for ...

Federal government forms task force on issue after media points out that school-bus decision based on flawed Ministry of Transport decision.

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

Minnesota political leaders have agreed on $1 billion of new spending for the next two years that is paid for largely with one-time money. Gov. Tim Walz ...

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By DR. LARRY MOSES. No one asked me but… Teachers, parents, and union representatives are marching on the legislature of the State of Neva-da ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

Some Hamilton County School officials and board members were instrumental in keeping Hamilton County out of the recent Education Savings Account ...

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

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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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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

About 1000 New York City public school employees will be displaced by Amazon's second headquarters coming to Long Island City, one of the many complaints ...

New York Bus Safety Competition hosted by New York School Bus Contractors Association May 18, 2019 Rockland State Park, Valley Cottage, N.Y.. Contact: ...

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

Fulton County Schools was among the winners of the inaugural Pupil Transportation Safety Awards, which recognize school districts for going above and ...

MASSENA — School bus safety will take the spotlight on May 2, when law enforcement officers from around the state participate in Operation Safe Stop.

After the school year began with a record number of complaints concerning bus delays and treacherously long routes, schools Chancellor Richard Carranza ...

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

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