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Download full textPileggi, Molly; Stein, Marc L.; Turner, Alyn; Dewey, Nathaniel – Research for Action, 2020
In Philadelphia, if a student chooses not to attend their neighborhood school, other options include schools with specialized programming in the arts, sciences, or business fields, schools with career and technical education options, and competitive magnet schools. But choosing an out-of-catchment school rather than a neighborhood school may…
Descriptors: Student Transportation, Bus Transportation, School Buses, High School Students
Stover, Del – American School Board Journal, 1991
Tough new environmental laws, coupled with fluctuating oil prices, are likely to prompt hundreds of school systems to examine alternative fuels. Literature reviews and interviews with 45 government, education, and industry officials provided data for a comparative analysis of gasoline, diesel, natural gas, methanol, and propane. (MLF)
Descriptors: Air Pollution, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education
Bryans, Charles Michael – 1988
The purpose of this study was to explore alternative methods for saving public funds in the purchasing of school bus bodies in the state of Georgia. Officials from each of the 50 states responded to a questionnaire that solicited descriptions of the methods used by state officials in purchasing school bus bodies. The discussion focuses on (1) the…
Descriptors: Bids, Cost Effectiveness, Cost Indexes, Educational Finance
National Transportation Safety Board (DOT), Washington, DC. – 1987
This study reports on the crash performance of large poststandard school buses (school buses manufactured after April 1, 1977, and weighing more than 10,000 pounds unloaded) in 43 accidents investigated by the National Transportation Safety Board. The report discusses the Safety Board's findings as to how well the standards are working to protect…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Bus Transportation, Elementary Secondary Education, Equipment Evaluation
Zeitlin, Laurie S. – School Business Affairs, 1990
Explores the influences state departments of education have on the cost and quality of pupil transportation. Evaluates the following state funding methodologies: (1) actual costs incurred; (2) a flat rate per unit; or (3) a multivariate calculation in providing service efficiently and equitably between districts. (MLF)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Educational Equity (Finance), Efficiency, Elementary Secondary Education
Illinois State Board of Education, Springfield. – 1983
As part of a comprehensive study of all mandates placed by the state of Illinois on elementary and secondary education, an analysis was undertaken of the student transportation mandate in its historical perspective, inquiring into its original purpose, how well that purpose has been served, whether the mandate is still needed, and whether a…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Bus Transportation, Commuting Students, Elementary Secondary Education
