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• Steering Committee meets
• Steering Committee meets with Writing
Committees Oct. 21 at NASDPTS
• State delegation selection process begins
• Steering Committee meets at STN EXPO July 21
ven though the next National Congress on School Transportation is 22 months away, some important deadlines are fast ap- proaching, and committee chairs are plan-
ning meetings and gathering information to tackle objectives such as standardizing bus and equipment specifications. January 2014 is the deadline for public submis-
sion to writing committees of proposed changes to the National School Transportation Specifications and Procedures (NSTSP) manual leading up to the 16th Congress in May 2015. It will be held at the Univer- sity of Central Missouri in Warrensburg. Every five years the Congress brings together student transportation professionals to consider revisions, additions or deletions to this manual of
• Coordinators submit draft proposals to Congress chair
• Congress chair submits draft proposals to University of Central Missouri (UCM)
• Steering Committee meets Oct. 21 at NASDPTS
NCST COMMITTEE CHAIRS DISCUSS HOW THEY ARE BOOSTING SUPPORT FOR STANDARDIZED SCHOOL BUS AND EQUIPMENT SPECIFICATIONS WRITTEN BY MICHELLE FISHER
national industry standards. While there are several different committees, they
share some common objectives such as reducing the number of options available on a school bus to simplify purchasing and inspections, improve safety and bring down bus prices. “Over 600 different options are available on buses.
All of them have the same yellow paint and most have some black stripe, the same number of tires and wheels and the same chassis length, so why would we have that many different options?” asked Steering Committee Chair Ben Shew, who has been state di- rector at the West Virginia Department of Education for 10 years. Shew was appointed chair soon after the NASDPTS conference in October, replacing Pete Japikse, who stepped down last August.
• Writing
Committees finalize and submit
proposals to coordinators Spring Meeting 2015 TBD
• All working documents for the Congress posted to state delegation chair(s)
OCTOBER 2013:
(20 months out)
JAN. 31, 2014:
(17 months out)
JUNE 2014:
(11 months out)
JULY 2014:
(10 months out)
OCTOBER 2014:
(7 months out)
NOVEMBER 2014:
(6 months out)
MARCH 1, 2015:
(2 months out)
MARCH 14, 2015:
(2 months out)
APRIL 1, 2015:
(1 month out)
MAY 2015:
• Deadline for public submission of document revisions to Writing Committees Spring Meeting 2014 TBD
• State delegation selection
process ends • Steering Committee meets at STN EXPO July 21
• Writing Committee proposals submitted to state delegations and posted to Web
• Deadline for public submission to state delegations of suggested revisions
• Review meeting with coordinators and Writing Committee chairs
14 School Transportation News August 2013
• Final Writing Committee documents forwarded to UCM in preparation for the Congress
• Schedule of
on-site activities in Warrensburg TBD
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