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• Bus-passing fatality spurs further safety efforts
  DES MOINES, Iowa - A hit-and-run accident that killed a 7-year-old student last week has elevated efforts to prevent school bus stop-arm running incidents. Read More»

• NAPT ANNOUNCES ONLINE PDS PROGRAM
  For several years now, NAPT members have been asking us to make our Professional Development Series (PDS) training available online. We are very pleased to announce that we have partnered with School Training Solutions™ to finally make it happen. Read More»

• Why your child's school bus has no seat belts.
  msnbc.com -- Ashley Brown, 16, and Alicia Bonura, 18, both of Beaumont, Texas, died March 29, 2006. They were on a bus carrying their West Brook High School soccer team when it overturned near Devers, Texas, on its way to a playoff game in Humble.Steve Forman\'s daughter Allison was among 21 other team members who were injured. "Once she regained enough consciousness, to have to tell her that her two friends were dead, I think that\'s the hardest thing I\'ve ever had to do in my life," Forman said. Read More»

• Child's death stuns already beleaguered district
  NASHPORT -- A 6-year-old Nashport Elementary School student was killed Wednesday morning when his school bus rolled over on Ohio 60 near Zanesville. Kasey King of Frazeysburg died from injuries sustained in the crash. Six classmates and a bus driver were injured, all but one of whom were released from the hospital. Read More»

• Online training saves nearly $1K per driver
  West Virginia has become the first state to make online testing mandatory for school bus drivers, partnering with an Oklahoma-based firm to provide training programs to all districts statewide. Ben Shew, executive director of school transportation at the... Read More»

• West Virginia Finds Success with School Training Solutions
  In the process of updating its training manual for school bus drivers, West Virginia discovered a whole new approach to training that is more comprehensive, more convenient to drivers and districts and even offers some possibilities for cost savings over the... Read More»

• Truck rams school bus, killing 1
  RIMBEY, Alberta — A gravel truck slammed into a stopped school bus on a highway Wednesday morning, killing one student and injuring others. The Wolf Creek Public Schools bus had stopped to pick up passengers, and an SUV had stopped behind it. The truck... Read More»

• Teen who halted bus praised, punished
  SEASIDE, Calif. - A high school student has been in the national spotlight since she helped stop a school bus after the driver fell from her seat last week. While the teenager, Amanda Rouse, was praised as a hero for her action, she was also given detention... Read More»