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Vail, Kathleen – American School Board Journal, 1999
The National Highway Traffic Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) is in the midst of the first school-bus crash tests in more than 10 years. Its report is expected in June 2000, and those on both sides of the seat-belt debate are waiting to see what NHTSA will recommend on passenger restraints in large school buses. A sidebar lists sources…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Regulation, Public Schools, Restraints (Vehicle Safety)
Vail, Kathleen – American School Board Journal, 1997
Incidents of unruliness, defiance, and even violence on the school bus are escalating. Many school districts find that a behavior-management focus in their bus-driver training pays off in fewer serious discipline incidents and more job satisfaction among drivers. (MLF)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Bus Drivers, Driver Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Vail, Kathleen – American School Board Journal, 1996
In Fox River Grove, Illinois, 7 teenagers were killed the morning of October 25, 1995, when a 620-ton commuter train crashed into the rear end of their school bus. School, transportation, and safety officials have focused on three areas: train crossings and signals, bus-driver training, and school-bus construction. Lists 10 vital lessons for…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Board of Education Policy, Bus Drivers, Elementary Secondary Education
