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Direct linkAngell, Amber M.; Solomon, Olga – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2018
There are a number of recent US news media reports of children and youth with autism becoming lost, injured, or even dying while taking public school transportation, yet research on this problem is scarce. This ethnographic study examines the experiences of 14 parents whose children with autism take public school transportation in Los Angeles…
Descriptors: Parents, Children, Parent Child Relationship, Student Transportation
American School Board Journal, 1972
A brief discussion of the new Federal Pupil Transportation Safety Act. (JF)
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Federal Legislation, Safety, School Buses
Farrell, Elaine – School Business Affairs, 1987
Reviews conflicting federal and state developments (including liability lawsuits) involving seat belt installation on school buses. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board differ on this issue, and several states are considering seat belt legislation or crashworthiness studies. Hints are…
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Restraints (Vehicle Safety)
Peer reviewedSchool Management, 1972
Discusses the new Federal Student Transportation Safety Standard 17. David H. Soule, designer and administrator of Standard 17, is interviewed. Topics covered are Federal aid, Federal-State-local relationship, bus driver training, and bus routing. (DN)
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Bus Transportation, Driver Education, Educational Legislation
Peer reviewedHennessey, Gary J. – Educational Forum, 1978
Historical overview considers the role of transportation in education before 1954, when school busing was used to improve education by consolidating rural schools and centralize effort in urban schools, and after the 1954 Supreme Court decision that racially segregated schools were inherently unequal. Different attitudes toward forced busing are…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Bus Transportation, Busing, Desegregation Methods
Download full textNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration (DOT), Washington, DC. – 1993
This publication provides a summary and update of school bus-safety activities conducted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). This report discusses Congressional mandates and NHTSA's actions to improve school-bus safety (which include programs that affect human behavior and motor-vehicle safety performance), the magnitude…
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Mortality Rate
American School Board Journal, 1975
There's a lot school boards can do to improve safety in bus transportation, and not all the recommended actions involve money. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Board of Education Role, Bus Transportation, Driver Education
Moll, Marita – 1977
This booklet lists a wide variety of publications, legislation, and informational materials dealing with the general topic of pupil transportation and school bus safety in Canada. Several different types of materials are listed, including legislation, books, articles and manuals. Legislation is listed by province. Other materials are divided into…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Bus Transportation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (DOT), Washington, DC. – 1974
Volume 17 of the 10-volume Highway Safety Program Manual (which provides guidance to State and local governments on preferred highway safety practices) focuses on pupil transportation safety. The purpose and objectives of a pupil transportation safety program are outlined. Federal authority in the area of pupil transportation and policies…
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Federal Legislation
Dudley, Jim, Comp.; Von Kennel, Tim, Comp. – 1978
Votes of the Senators and Representatives on selected bills deemed important to students covering late 1976 and all of 1977 are presented along with the National Student Association and the National Student Lobby (NSA-NSL) rating of each Congressman. The rating is based on the percentage of times the Congressman voted in favor of the position that…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Bus Transportation, Career Education, Civil Rights
