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TABLE OF CONTENTS Industry News:
INDUSTRY CONNECTIONS 16 School funding lawsuits across the country, federal regulatory updates, tips for safe railroad crossings, police crackdown on illegal school bus passings and more
Analysis
JOHN RICKS 38 Fuel Hedging — Te Reality
NED EINSTEIN 48 State-by-State Variation in Crossing Procedures — Part 6: Conclusions
Columns
FIRST TAKE BY RYAN GRAY 14 Te Issues, Questions Keep Coming
PUBLISHER’S CORNER BY TONY CORPIN 58 Achieving Excellence
TOP STORY 22 America’s Best Competition Helps Raises Bar for School Bus Techs and Inspectors
HEADLINES 24 Head Start, School Districts Work in Many Ways to Keep Busing Kids
26 WiFi in Arizona School Buses Promotes Classroom Environment
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28 Tudor Retires as South Carolina State Director, Camp Named Successor
30 NSTA and the ‘Go Yellow, Go Green’ Campaign
Departments
STN ONLINE 8 Highlights from around the Web
MAILBAG 10 Views and opinions of our readers 12 20 Years of STN: Reader Recollections
UPCOMING EVENTS 51 Monthly industry calendar
PRODUCTS 52 Te latest offerings for the student transportation set
PEOPLE 54 Movers and shakers in the industry
MARKETPLACE 55 Classified advertising
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