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President Obama Makes Another ‘Green’ Push
Towards Alternative Fuels At the end of March, President Obama addressed the country’s dependence on foreign oil and
what can be done to cut that in the next decade and beyond. Included in his speech were prom- ises to advance the development of biofuel technologies and to realize the advantages of the resources that exist within the nation’s borders, specifically, natural gas, which Obama encouraged responsible development practices for this natural resource. Obama stressed his administration’s commitment to biodiesel and to seeing a million electric vehicles on the road by 2015. Read more online at
www.stnonline.com/go/782. A week later, the 2011 NatGas Act was introduced in Congress to extend tax incentives for another five years,
www.stnonline.com/go/791.
Keep Up on Your Conference News Missed the recap of the recent Disabilities Conference? Or maybe you want to read
what went on at last year’s STN EXPO or NAPT Summit? Head over to our School Bus Industry Conference News page at
www.stnonline.com/magazine/conference-news. Jamie Magness and Andrea Gerth of Genesee Intermediate School District in Flint, Mich., were able to come out on top at this year’s special needs roadeo, defeating 19 other teams in the process. Te duo have won the Michigan state championship three times and finished in fourth place at the 2009 and 2010 national roadeos. Photos from both the roadeo and award banquet can be viewed at
www.stnonline.com/go/784 and
www.stnonline.com/go/785.
NASDPTS Gives Site a Facelift Te National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services is riding the
recent wave of industry Web site redesigns and recently unveiled its updated site at www.
nasdpts.org. Te site was previewed to a number of NASDPTS members at their annual conference held in Portland, Ore., last fall. Visitors will find the same great information, including updated state director pages and a promise from NASDPTS President Mike Simmons to update several of the Association’s position papers.
School Bus Ads in Florida May Come with Legal Issues As of this writing, the Florida legislature was considering an amendment to a current state
code that allows ads to be placed on the outside of school buses. But more importantly, a legislative review of one of the bills being discussed may have potential legal issues in regards to First Amendment rights. Te issues began with the review of a 1974 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that interior advertising space on city transit systems does not constitute a public fo- rum. Tose opposing the bill, which includes NASDPTS and the Florida Association for Pupil Transportation, have published position papers available at
www.stnonline.com/go/786 and
www.stnonline.com/go/787, respectively. STN will continue to follow these developments.
8 School Transportation News Magazine May 2011
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