School bus drivers who use hand-held cell phones while operating their vehicles with children on board — or without — face steeper civil or criminal penalties if caught by police. And that's not to mention what could happen to their job for the school district.

Blue Bird Corporation announced a recall campaign to avoid the potential loss of headlight low beams in model year 2010 All American school buses manufactured between May 13, 2009 and Feb. 26 of this year.

The two main diesel engine options for school buses that meet 2010 EPA emissions regulations are now certified.

School bus manufacturer IC Bus has taken its "green" message across the border and is bringing a free bus along for the ride.

NHTSA’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System is estimating an almost 9 percent decrease in fatalities during 2009, which will hopefully be mirrored in school-bus-specific data that will be extrapolated later this year.