Reviews the foundations of present Federal policy on school busing to achieve desegregation and summariezes judicial trends of the 1960's and Congressional actions since 1964. (Author/SF)

Views of advocates of busing to achieve racial desegregation in public schools are presented, including those of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, the NAACP, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the Joint Washington Office for Social Concern. (SF)

Comprised of an explanatory foreword, expressions of present federal policy, racial distribution in public schools, alternative school policy proposals, and action to date in the 91st Congress. (JM)

Examines the content of section 13-C of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, its role in labor negotiations at the local level, its impact on relations between local and national government, and the outcome of 13-C negotiations during the period 1975-77. (Author/IRT)

Among the topics discussed in the testimony before a public hearing of the New York City Commission on Human Rights in May 1974 of a member of the United States House of Representatives are the status of amendments to educational legislation restricting the use of busing as an integration method and the concerns of the House Education and Labor…

In this document several questions about the meaning of court ordered school desegregation in Milwaukee are addressed. Racial and demographic factors and educational policies preceding the 1976 court decision that the Milwaukee schools were illegally segregated are reviewed chronologically. The content of the court decision is discussed. Other…

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…

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)

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…

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…

THIS ARTICLE LISTS GUIDELINES PREPARED BY A CONSULTANT TO THE OFFICE OF EDUCATION TO AID SCHOOL AUTHORITIES IN THE SOUTH TO COMPLY WITH TITLE VI OF THE 1964 CIVIL RIGHTS ACT. THE TITLE REQUIRES COMPLIANCE IN DESEGREGATING THE SCHOOLS AS A PRECONDITION FOR FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. SCHOOL DISTRICTS MUST CHOOSE EITHER TO (1) SUBMIT THE…

There's a lot school boards can do to improve safety in bus transportation, and not all the recommended actions involve money. (Author/IRT)

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…