NYC partially compensates school bus companies for COVID-19 shutdown
New York City is paying over $100 million to school bus companies that were forced to stop running when schools closed in March, due to…
EPA offering rebates to replace diesel school buses with cleaner vehicles
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking applications from public and private fleet operators to access over $10 million to replace old diesel school…
Court overturns reckless driving conviction in fatal Indiana illegal passing case
An Indiana appeals court vacated Alyssa Shepherd’s misdemeanor conviction of reckless driving but upheld her felony convictions for the deaths of three students and the…
Student transporters face challenges in keeping buses clean, safe amid COVID-19
With New York City Public School starting its new school year on Monday, all students are now back in class — either online or in…
School buses using Wi-Fi to do more than connect students to virtual classes
With the new school year underway, districts are using technology already at their fingertips to solve today’s operational challenges amid COVID-19, with Wi-Fi at the…
Pennsylvania districts must provide transportation for nonpublic school students amid pandemic
Pennsylvania school districts will be reimbursed for providing transportation to charter and other nonpublic school students, regardless of whether in-person or online teaching methods are…
NHTSA denial of built-in school bus booster seats won’t impact industry
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration formally denied a request from seatbelt manufacturers SafeGuard/IMMI and C.E. White regarding a 2013 petition to allow for a…
Remote learning due to COVID-19 leading to layoffs of school bus drivers
Seemingly like most everything else when it comes to addressing the new novel coronavirus, the fate of whether school bus drivers stay on district or…