• "Dear Colleague Guidance on Bullying and Harassment" and Fact Sheet
  Office of Civil Right, U.S. Department of Education
  Oct. 26, 2010 letter

• NHTSA Letter to State DMV Commissioners on Non-Conforming Vans
  Dec. 2, 2010 letter communicates need to contact owners of nine-, 12- and 15-passenger vans of the roll-over risks of these vehicles in crashes.

• Commercial Truck and Bus Synthesis of Safety Practice (CTBSSP) 17

• Special Safety Concerns of the School Bus Industry, October 2009

• American School Bus Council

• Terrorism Preparedness Guidelines: New York State Education Department
  
  
• North Carolina School Bus Safety: Safety and Security Training Offerings
  
  
• Addressing Security Risks in School Transportation: Points of View by Pete Baxter, Charles Guathier and John Green. Source: TRB News 237, March-April 2005
  
  
• FEMA
  
  
• Homeland Security Operations Center (HSOC)
  
  
• Department of Homeland Security
  
  
• FBI
  
  
• Ready.gov from the Department of Homeland Security
  
  
• Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Technical Assistance Center: The center, part of the U.S. Department of Education, disseminates information about emergency management to help school districts learn more about developing, implementing, and evaluating crisis plans.
  
  
• Transportation Security Administration
  
  
• Transportation Research Board's Transportation Emergency Response Preparedness Information
  
  
• Office of Safe & Drug-free Schools at the U.S. Department of Education
  
  
• Operation Safe Stop is a law enforcement and education initiative addressing the problem of motorists who illegally pass stopped school buses. It is a cooperative effort between the student transportation industry and state, county, city and local law enforcement.

Research Papers

• Evaulation of the Rollover Propensity of Fifteen-Passenger Vans (Oct. 15, 2002)
  National Transportation Safety Board

• 15-Passenger Van Use by Public School Districts in Illinois (Feb. 27, 2006)
  A doctoral dissertation by Dr. Mary Brown, Chief Financial Officer
  Evanston-Skokie (Ill.) School District 65
  
  
• 15-Passenger Van Safety (June 2011)
  BrightFleet.com, a hazard-perception evaluation and risk mitigation Web site for drivers, published research to assist fleet owners in understanding the dynamics of the 15-passenger van, and what makes it a greater risk than most vehicles for collisions and rollovers.