Public Education
Ohio district to stop busing high school students after 18-year-old killed near transportation hubDayton Public Schools (DPS) in Ohio will not provide bus services for high schoolers this year, blaming “several significant barriers” including a law forbidding the district’s students from using public… Read More
Public Education
Soaring transportation costs blamed for Connecticut school district’s budget shortfallMounting expenses have driven a Connecticut school district to a new school bus provider, although the transition still leaves a $1.9 million budget shortfall. “Transportation costs are rising rapidly across… Read More
Public Education
Cincinnati Public Schools to put middle-schoolers on city transit buses with general publicTo save $2.9 million each year, Cincinnati Public Schools (CPS) will put 1,260 of its middle-school students on the city’s metro service buses, sparking alarm from many parents, the local… Read More
Public Education
Taxpayers to buy $19.9 million in electric school buses for Illinois(The Center Square) – Taxpayers are set to give the struggling electric bus industry a jolt after Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced nearly $20 million for 70 zero-emission buses at nine… Read More
Public Education
St. Louis Public Schools begins year without enough buses to get students to class(The Center Square) – Bus transportation on the first day of school often has problems or miscommunication on new bus stops, changes in routes from last year and late arrivals. Read More
Public Education
Philadelphia schools to spend $41.5M on green buses(The Center Square) – The School District of Philadelphia will spend $41.5 million replacing older diesel buses with alternative energy school buses, infrastructure and equipment. The new contract will allow… Read More
Public Education
Rush to deploy electric school buses raises worries over maintenance, safety issuesAs hundreds of school districts nationwide work to replace gas-fueled school buses with electric ones, journalists and school officials are sharing concerns over maintenance and safety. Districts in places such… Read More
Government
‘Back to the pony express’: California superintendents criticize expensive electric school bus mandateSome California public schools are pushing back against a new law mandating all school buses be electric by 2035. In October, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill… Read More
Public Education
Michigan schools to get 45 e-buses costing $5.9M in Federal taxpayer funds(The Center Square) – School districts in Detroit, Lansing and Pontiac will each receive $5.9 million in federal funding to buy 15 clean-powered school buses apiece. The funding flows from… Read More