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	S384
		Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary, no school pupil shall be allowed on board a school bus unless the bus driver or other employee of the school board or school bus contractor is also on board the bus.
		of this section shall not apply when a bus driver leaves the bus to assist in the boarding or exiting of a disabled pupil or in the case of an emergency.
		The provisions would not apply when a bus driver leaves the bus to assist in the boarding or exiting of a disabled pupil or in the case of an emergency.
	www.njleg.state.nj.us /2002/Bills/S0500/384_I1.HTM (223 words)

	School Bus Contractors
		At the start of every school year, newspapers and television are filled with reports about school districts struggling to find enough teachers for their classrooms.
		In Florida, an elementary school principal does double duty as a morning crossing guard because her district is so short of candidates for those positions.
		For example, bus drivers could work in the cafeteria during the day; paraprofessionals could work as bus monitors before and after school; or custodians could take on extra duties after their regular shifts.
	www.habibintl.com /school_bus_contractors.htm (1567 words)

	The New Mexico State Department of Education - School Transportation Unit
		Bus route - A designated course regularly traveled by a school bus to pick up students and take them to school, or to deliver students from school to their homes or designated bus stops that are approved by the local school district.
		School bus routes: school district administrator shall follow all of the State Board of Education Regulations and Procedures for the establishment and monitoring of school bus routes.
		School Bus Stops: All school bus stops shall be established by a coordinated effort among the school district administrator and when appropriate the IEP team.
	www.sde.state.nm.us /div/fin/trans/regs/6.41.4nmac.html (9640 words)

	Owen J. Roberts School District: Transportation
		The contractor is responsible for the safety of the buses, the proper qualification of all drivers, and that sufficient buses and drivers are available at all times to complete each scheduled route.
		While waiting for the bus, students should respect the property of the surrounding residents (stay off lawns, trees, etc.) and wait in a quiet, orderly manner (many residents may still be sleeping). Parents are responsible for their children while waiting for the school bus.
		Bus routes and bus stops are established to pick up as large a group of students as possible as long as the number of students boarding the bus does not adversely interfere with private property, traffic flow, student control, and or other public concern.
	www.ojrsd.com /info/transportation.aspx (2004 words)

	Independent - September 6, 2006: School bus company wheels into new year
		In addition to the sizable number of buses required to have a certified school bus driver every day, there are an additional six substitutes, mechanics and office personnel, bringing the number of employees to 47.
		Every bus driver must pass four separate tests at the state's department of motor vehicles: general knowledge, air brakes, passenger and school bus, before they are eligible to be hired by Mesa.
		An 18-wheeler bumped a school bus as it drove on an off ramp, she said.
	www.gallupindependent.com /2006/sept/090606sbco.html (830 words)

	School bus contractor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A school bus contractor is a private company or proprietorship which provides school bus service to a school district or non-public school.
		Of 450,000 school buses operating in the United States, it is estimated that approximately 30% are operated by school bus contractors.
		A school bus contractor may range in size from an operator with a single bus to a small company serving a single school or district, to a large multi-national company with as many as 40,000 buses of school bus yellow.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/School_bus_contractor (163 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		A school bus contractor is a private company or proprietorship which provides school bus service to a school district or non-public school.
		Of 450,000 school buses operating in the United States, it is estimated that approximately 30% are operated by school bus contractors.
		A school bus contractor may range in size from an operator with a single bus to a small company serving a single school or district, to a large multi-national company with as many as 40,000 buses of school bus yellow.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=school_bus_contractor (141 words)

	American Association of School Administrators - Publications - The School Administrator - STUDENT TRANSPORTATION
		The contractor should be required to make an annual presentation to the school board to provide an update on transportation issues, identify planned changes in operations and answer questions.
		The bus terminal is probably located elsewhere in the district, the employees work for someone else, and an existing contract is supposed to cover all events.
		The first day of school should not start with the contractor missing runs due to a “surprise” driver shortage, while service interruptions should not occur due to a labor stoppage that was unforeseen by the district.
	www.aasa.org /publications/saarticledetail.cfm?mnitemnumber=&tnitemnumber=1995&itemnumber=2447&unitemnumber=&pf=1&snitemnumber=950 (923 words)

	Wicomico County Public Schools (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Bus contractors are not employees of the Wicomico County Board of Education.
		The bus contract shall be for a term of one school year and shall be renewable from term to term without the necessity for either party to give notice of renewal.
		School bus drivers are the employees of the school bus contractor.
	www.wcboe.org /view_policy.php?policy=independent_school_bus_contractor (655 words)

	Pennsylvania School Bus Association
		Numbers and Statistics are continually crunched on school buses and school bus safety.
		School bus accidents that involved injury and/or towing.
		This may be due to the yearly increases in the number of school buses, the number of children transported, the total number of miles traveled by school buses, and the increase in traffic on PA highways.
	www.paschoolbus.org /Statistics.asp (161 words)

	New York School Bus Contractors Association
		Under current law, transit authorities are prohibited from providing exclusive school bus service unless it is part of their regular route service.
		School bus vehicles and their operators are heavily regulated at both the Federal and State levels.
		Students are safer in school buses, driven by trained and licensed school bus drivers and subject to the strict safety standards directed to school bus operators.
	www.nysbca.com /legletter.htm (411 words)

	Board Policies
		After the school bus runs are established by the School District, re¬view the run with each driver to be certain that each is familiar with his/her run.
		Advise the school bus drivers of the need for limiting the size of items which can be taken on school buses by students (limited to those items which can be held comfortably on one’s lap without infringing on another person’s space) and see that the requirements for safety are followed.
		Work with the School District in seeing that drivers are instructed at least twice a year in safe driving practices, emergency evacuation drills, and other areas pertaining to school bus safety.
	www.northampton.k12.pa.us /policies.cfm?pid=90 (1050 words)

	School-bus safety hits five-year high
		School bus operators in the region meeting or exceeding state safety standards hit a five-year high last school year.
		School buses in our region traverse hundreds of thousands of miles each year with kids.
		Across New York, 60 percent of the state's 852 school bus operators — private, public and contracted — met the benchmark in 2004-05, DOT spokesman Peter Graves said.
	archive.recordonline.com /archive/2005/09/04/kwbusw.htm (986 words)

	School Bus Transportation - TransPar Group Inc.
		School transportation is a vital element of every district budget, and an area where significant savings can be found through a comprehensive audit of the system.
		Increasingly, school districts are seeking the expertise of the TransPar Group, a unique consulting firm specializing in auditing and developing effective school transportation systems.
		School districts from across the country â“ and as far away as Okinawa, Japan â“ have sought the expertise of the TransPar Group.
	www.transpar.com /news-item.aspx?id=47 (261 words)

	School Bus Transportation News at STN Media
		Quick-thinking by a bus driver contracted with the Los Angeles Unified School District led to the ultimate capture of a man who allegedly hijacked a school bus at gun point as it headed out from the depot to begin morning route service.
		The female bus driver later feigned diabetes as an excuse to pull the bus over at a rest stop about 200 miles to the north in the state's Central Valley.
		Gary Catapano, First Student's vice president of safety, said the bus driver was unable to key in the company's universal distress signal because the suspect had a weapon.
	www.stnonline.com /stn/stnarticles/los_angeles_hijack_0306.htm (948 words)

	HR 605. School Bus Contractors & Drivers Are Not Employees.
		School Bus Contractors and Drivers Are Not Employees.
		certain school bus contractors and drivers are not employees.
		"(3) the qualified driver shall not be treated as an employee of any person (except that this paragraph shall not prevent such qualified driver from being treated as an employee of the qualified school bus contractor).
	workerstatus.com /HR605.html (414 words)

	BoardDocs Policy: STUDENT CONDUCT ON SCHOOL BUSES - Purpose, Responsibilities, and Procedures for Enforcement of Rules
		The school administrator should provide appropriate assistance and guidance to the school bus driver and the student, when the student’s behavior is not acceptable.
		When a student is not permitted to ride a school bus, the administrator should notify the parent or guardian in writing of the student’s infraction of the applicable rule.
		The bus contractor is expected to cooperate fully by impressing upon drivers their responsibilities for supervision of students riding the bus, for maintaining effective cooperation and communications with the school administration, and for carrying out the instructions received from the Transportation Services Department.
	www.boarddocs.com /mabe/cecil/Board.nsf/cca18a640d445b5585256e7400431d4e/f5094ab9729c83e285256e8d00643d97?OpenDocument (728 words)

	School Bus Fleet
		Private school bus operators play a key role in the pupil transportation industry.
		School bus contractor sees increased income, minimal net loss.
		Contractor association urges feds to allow individual states to decide whether to impose seat belt requirements.
	www.schoolbusfleet.com /t_contractor.cfm (174 words)

	Welcome to St. Mary's Today Online Edition!
		I had the privilege to sit in on a couple of committee meetings with some fellow school bus contractors and Department of Transportation representatives where the subject of the budget for the upcoming school year has come up.
		From the parents perspective all we observe is the bus transporting students from home to school and school to home.
		That is part of why most contractors are at a disadvantage when it comes to trying to compete with the local economy.
	www.stmarystoday.com /website/News/dec_2006/SchoolBusDriversOurForgottenAssets.html (777 words)

	School buses - Left behind 08/21/04
		The stories of children being taken to the wrong school, or not picked up for school, can be at least explained, if not forgiven, by confusion over a new transportation system that is radically different from last year's system.
		Explaining the school bus carrying eight children that was unaccounted for Thursday afternoon for nearly three hours still needs to be explained better to shaken parents.
		Families who are unable to drive their children to and from school are facing a number of unpleasant options.
	www.cjonline.com /stories/082104/opi_buses.shtml (633 words)

	School - School Service Info.
		Whether you maintain your own fleet of school buses or use a private operator, turn to us for excellence in school bus transportation.
		In fact, we won the 1994 "Contractor of the Year" award, the prestigious national award presented by the industry publication School Bus Fleet to the best school bus operator in the country.
		So whether your school district is large or small, or whether you need a few buses or hundreds, the best school bus operator to handle all your needs is us, period...
	www.krapfbus.com /Pages/school.htm (264 words)

	Minnesota
		Within the national school bus community, Minnesota has always been a "class act." The dual emphasis on safety for the children and training for the drivers has been the hallmark of this state's history in pupil transportation.
		Non-conforming vans that were already a part of a school district's or contractor's fleet were "grandfathered" into continued use.
		However, any new or used school bus type vans added to a fleet must be originally designed to carry a maximum of 10 people, including the driver, and must meet Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards for passenger protection.
	www.schoolbusinfo.org /states/minnesota.htm (462 words)

	Funeral Service Friday (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Carl W. "Pete" Eastman has made unique contributions to the school bus industry in the last quarter century, serving as Executive Director of the former School Bus Contractor's Association of Massachusetts from 1973 to 1984 and as Executive Director of the newly named School Transportation Association of Massachusetts from 1990 through 2000.
		Another innovation was his creation of the school bus instructor certificate course in which STAM has played the leading role.
		Pete respected the skills and professionalism of school bus drivers, constantly promoting their efforts, including reviving the school bus driver roadeo.
	www.schoolbus.org /funeral.htm (395 words)

	Thousands of area school buses have to be dug out - Orlando Sentinel :
		Before dawn yesterday, Linthicum bus contractor Robert Zimmerman was in his Chevrolet pickup, shoving snow with his truck's plow blade to free some of the 30 school buses buried on his lot.
		School bus contractors across Maryland are in the same predicament, working to get buses ready for when schools reopen.
		Schools will reopen eventually, and he wants to be ready.
	www.orlandosentinel.com /bal-te.md.bus19feb19,0,2786624.story (761 words)

	School Bus Conference (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Using the power of GIS and GPS to provide routing, scheduling and tracking of school buses/fleet resources, this system makes it possible to go beyond just the simple, “where's my bus” concept by making it possible to actually compare the route traveled by the bus against the route the bus was supposed to travel.
		School bus accidents are often associated with contributing factors.
		A presentation of the events of the Colorado Pleasant Hill School District school bus tragedy in 1931 where six students and the driver froze to death.
	www.schoolbusconference.com /expo2006/program06/index.htm (3262 words)

	Student Transporation
		Portland Public Schools began converting its bus fleet to propane in 1983, and stipulated that its bus contractor was to do the same.
		The school system is working on some positive press coverage, since local residents are largely unaware of the propane project even though it has been in place for the last twenty years.
		Portland Public Schools plans to continue using propane for its bus operations, as they believe propane is a good fuel choice especially if public perception is a consideration.
	www.pps.k12.or.us /depts-c/transportation/st_propane.php (876 words)

	School bus transportation consultant; student transportation management; TransPar
		School districts sometimes have an advantage with regard to: fleet financing, insurance, driver pay and benefits - to name a few.
		Whether your school buses are operating with your own people or through selected contractors, it is the end result that is important.
		Yes, we work with school districts all over the country to help them determine the most efficient district boundaries, based on demographic trends research, routing and logisitic solutions, and analysis of other important factors.
	www.transpar.com /answers.aspx (507 words)

	Central States Bus Sales: Our History
		Rustman Bus Company was a school bus contractor, and Rustman Bus Sales was a school bus distributor.
		Rustman Bus Company moved into new headquarters on Page Service Drive, Howard Revelle was named Vice President/General Manager of the contracting company, and Gary Deeken was named Sales Manager of the bus sales company.
		They had targeted the school transportation industry as an area that might provide growth for their organization, as well as balance the seasonal income of their truck rental business.
	www.centralstatesbus.com /history.html (804 words)

	Boise School District Transportation and Boundaries
		The Boise School District serves a 456 square mile area of Ada County, Idaho with 34 elementary schools, 8 junior high schools, and 5 high schools serving 27,000 students.
		The Boise School District is currently involved in a public process to redraw school attendance area boundaries for 24 schools.
		Boundaries for the schools will be changed in preparation for the opening of new buildings in the fall of 2008.
	www.boiseschools.org /bus/index.html (144 words)

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