TABLE OF CONTENTS Industry News:
INDUSTRY CONNECTIONS 14 New York transportation director spurs legislation, a case study in GPS, and more.
Analysis
JOE SCESNY 26 Security Inspections: What Makes an Efficient School Bus Driver Pre- Trip and Post-Trip Program?
MURRELL MARTIN 38 School Bus or Mobile Billboard?
ANTONIO L. FORD 56 Training and Professional Development in the Transportation Environment
TOP STORY 20 Department of Education Readies School Bus Drivers for Free Training on Harassment Response
HEADLINES 22 Pennsylvania School District Audio Dilemma
24 Alphanumeric Soup Spells Out Revised Wheelchair Standards
28 Responsibility for Bus Stop Safety Rests on Multiple Shoulders
30 Training Offers Drivers a Way Out of Violent Situations
30 Mississippi Enacts Stronger Law Governing School Bus Stop Safety
Columns
FIRST TAKE BY RYAN GRAY 12 Bullying or Harassment? Te Answer is in the Federal Law
EDITORIAL DESK BY STEPHANE BABCOCK 66 What Happens When Life Gets in the Way?
Departments
STN ONLINE 8 Highlights from around the Web
MAILBAG 10 Views and opinions from our readers
UPCOMING EVENTS 59 Monthly industry calendar
SPECIAL REPORT 32 Are School Bus Ads a Possible Distraction? Safety as well as legal risks are subjects of latest industry efforts against ad-revenue programs
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PRODUCTS 60 Te latest offerings for the school transportation set
PEOPLE 61 Movers and shakers in the industry
MARKETPLACE 62 Classified advertising
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