CONTENTS
• 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
• 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
• Writing
Committees finalize and submit
proposals to coordinators Spring Meeting 2015 TBD
• All working documents for the Congress posted to state delegation chair(s)
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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
• Final Writing Committee documents forwarded to UCM in preparation for the Congress
• Schedule of
on-site activities in Warrensburg TBD
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INDUSTRY CONNECTIONS 16 Top Story: Industry boosts support for standardizing school bus, equipment specs
18 Pilot model inspections for spec accuracy at Blue Bird
22 Tax-exempt leasing: Interest rates still low, but could climb later this year
24 How routing software helped a rural district locate missing students
26 News Briefs: Icon retires, deadline extended for healthcare mandate, new Alabama bus-trespass law, heroic drivers
44 Products & Solutions: The latest offerings for the student transportation set
45 Upcoming events & People: Our monthly industry calendar, and movers and shakers in the industry
46 Q&A: New Collins Bus president on leveraging his past experience with fire vehicles for the Type A school bus segment
SPECIAL REPORT 48 School-bus manufacturers are always testy when it comes to ensuring their vehicles meet safety requirements
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DEPARTMENTS STN Online 14 Highlights from our website
Analysis: Robert T. Pudlewski 50 Key Performance Indicators as Applied to a School-Bus Maintenance Process
COLUMNS First Take by Ryan Gray
12 Lessons in Supply and Demand
Publisher’s Corner by Tony Corpin 74 The Social Network
MARKETPLACE 72 Classified advertising
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