ST. PAUL, Minn. (May 27, 2008) — Law means new director, new responsibility for state that has never had an office exclusively for pupil transportation. Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. (May 27, 2008) — Association says school bus drivers should be exempt from costly and problematic interstate driver training requirements. Read more

STRAUGHN, Ind. (May 28, 2008) — Two transportation progenies win $500, decide on in-state higher education. Read more

The Peter J. Grandolfo Memorial Award of Excellence commemorates the former transportation director at Chicago Public Schools and NAPT board member who passed away suddenly in January of 2006. The second annual award will be presented Monday, July 28, during the 15th Annual STN Conference and Tradeshow in Reno, Nev. Nominate a Renaissance man or woman online, and don’t forget to register for the full conference and pre-conference tracks.

CINCINNATI (May 23, 2008) — New office was needed for First Student parent, following last year’s acquisition of Laidlaw. Read more

BROCKTON, Mass. (May 22, 2008) — Districts in the Bay State may need to trim busing and change services to cope with rising diesel prices and sinking local funding. Read more

Hundreds of motorcycles escorted a Freightliner truck during a Memorial Day ride from North Carolina to Washington, D.C., the Thomas Built Buses’ parent company announced in a press release.

Louisiana Senate Approves School Bus Driver Cell Phone Ban
BATON ROUGE, La. — Unless it's an emergency, school bus drivers soon will be banned from using cell phones while driving. Louisiana Gannet Now

District Rejects Plan to Use Developmentally Disabled Adults as Bus Monitors
OXFORD, Me. — Superintendent Mark Eastman said a plan to use developmentally disabled adults as monitors on elementary school buses raised too many issues to be viable. Sun-Journal