Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation (BCSC) has received a Blue Bird electric-powered school bus as part of a sustainability movement. BCSC was awarded funding from the Indiana Volkswagen Environmental Mitigation Trust Fund that provided significant subsidies for the school bus along with the necessary charging infrastructure. The leader in electric powered school buses, Blue Bird has […]
Tyler Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: TYL) announced that Indianapolis Public Schools (IPS) in Indiana has successfully gone live with Tyler’s Munis® cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution. IPS implemented Munis on-premises in 2005, using the solution to manage its financials, human resources, payroll, and content management. After conducting a business process review in 2017, the district […]
The scope of students being transported to school is evolving every day in the wake of COVID-19. As schools slowly return to holding in-person classes under new guidelines, the act of going to school will be far from what was previously considered “normal.” In a post-COVID world, buses are not operating every day. Some routes […]
IC Bus announced in October the availability of a new 8.8 liter ultra-low nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions propane engine for its CE Series school bus. The engine, which was produced and purpose-built for the school bus industry as a collaboration between IC Bus and Power Solutions International (PSI), recently received certification from the U.S. Environmental […]
The National School Transportation Association (NSTA), American Bus Association (ABA), United Motorcoach Association (UMA), and Passenger Vessel Association (PVA) are asking why the bi-partisan Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transportation Services (CERTS) Act (S 4150/HR 7642) is being ignored as discussions continue on Capitol Hill on the next stimulus package. The coalition released the following statement: […]
Bruce Landsberg, vice chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), spoke with NAPT® and School BUSRide about maintaining the school bus industry’s vital safety culture amid the challenges of COVID-19. Landsberg also discussed the NATP’s ambitious Zip. Zero. Nada. None. campaign, as well as the critical role which safety technology and training will play […]
The New York Association for Pupil Transportation (NYAPT) is advocating in 2021 for two major initiatives in New York: New York State Tax Credit to address school bus driver shortage: The school bus driver shortage is reaching critical levels in New York. The initial cost of becoming a licensed school bus driver in New […]
The six stalwart industry organizations that comprise the coalition known as the American School Bus Council (ASBC) have recently launched a multi-media marketing and public relations campaign to promote the health and safety benefits of the iconic yellow school bus. The campaign highlights new protocols that have been widely implemented during the pandemic, like increased […]
The National Association for Pupil Transportation joins with other national organizations to bring our members timely and useful information related to the current national outbreak of so-called ‘coronavirus’, officially named COVID-19. LOCAL STATEMENTS NAPT suggests that school transportation professionals work with their school leadership to issue a statement to parents about cleanliness on their school […]
The Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act of 2012 (MAP–21) directed the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to initiate rulemaking that would amend Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 208, ‘‘Occupant crash protection,” to require a seat belt use warning system for rear seats. On September 30, 2019, the agency […]