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FMCSA Waiver of “Under the Hood” CDL Testing Requirements
We are now in the heart of the 2021-2022 school year, and contractors are continuing to face the harsh reality of the nationwide driver shortage. Recently, F...
Update on Closure Day Payments to Contractors and Drivers
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, school districts nationwide have utilized some variation of both virtual and in-person instruction to...
Managing Employee COVID Vaccination Status
At the start of the 2021-2022 school year, 25 states had issued some form of COVID vaccination mandate, while 12 other states issued COVID vaccination mandat...
Accommodating Employees Exempt from Vaccination Requirements
As a number of regions across the country begin to experience a surge in coronavirus cases due to new variants, employers and local, state, and federal gover...
Back to School – Addressing COVID-19 Related Concerns
As kickoff to the 2021-2022 school year is right around the corner, there are a number of lingering concerns stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. Many contra...
Update on Mask Requirements in Pennsylvania
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, views about mask requirements have been a divisive issue highlighting the competing interests of individual fre...
School Bus Contractors and the Unintended Effect of the WARN Act
The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act. 29 U.S.C. § 2101 et seq., passed in 1988, requires employers to provide employees with advanced...
Contractor Payments Based on the Pennsylvania State Transportation Formula
Many Pennsylvania contractors are paid based on “the formula”. But Contractors are often unsure exactly what that means or how the payment according to the f...
Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transportation Services Act (CERTS) – What You Need To Know
School transportation contractors across the country advocated vigorously for economic relief specifically tailored to their industry. To address these conce...
Preparing Bids Post-COVID
For many contractors this spring is the first time since the COVID-19 school shutdowns began, that they will be preparing proposals or bids for transportatio...
Cost Sharing and Openings Clauses in Transportation Service Agreements
As school transportation contractors enter into bid season, it is in the interest of the contractor to price competitively; however, contractors should be ca...
Using Public Funds to Secure the Ready Status of Drivers and Fleet on COVID Instruction Days
Across the nation, numerous school transportation contractors continue to experience the financial strain caused by school closures due to the coronavirus. T...