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14 articles for “Act 24” in Legislative/Regulatory

Pennsylvania ELDT Training Requirements

Many Pennsylvania school bus contractors invest significant time and resources into training new drivers, including providing federally required Entry-Driver...

Status of Illegal School Bus Passing Laws in Pennsylvania

In recent history, the school bus industry nationwide has made a significant push to educate the general public of the requirements to stop for the yellow bu...

Potential Marijuana Reclassification in 2026

Once again, marijuana is in the spotlight. On December 18, 2025, President Trump signed Executive Order 14370 on expanding medical marijuana and cannabidiol ...

Winter Weather – PA Law Requires Removal of Snow and Ice

Winter is coming and unfortunately so are the weather related concerns that affect transportation. Snow and ice on the roof of moving vehicles is a safety ha...

Legal Focus: The Loper Bright Rule and Statutory Interpretation

As school transportation contractors know, the transportation industry is heavily regulated by federal agencies. For the last forty years, federal agencies a...

Legal Focus: 2024 Year In Review

2024 brought many significant changes and events that affect the school bus industry. From the extension of the Under the Hood Exemption, to changes and chal...

Legal Focus: Corporate Transparency Act Compliance Deadline Suspended by Injunction

On December 3, 2024, a nationwide injunction was issued in the matter of Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc. v. Garland, No. 4:24-cv-478 (E.D. Tex. Dec. 3, 2024) preven...

Legal Focus: FMCSA Extends Under the Hood Exemption for Additional Two Years

On December 2, 2024, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) published an extension of the Under the Hood Exemption (the “Exemption”) in the ...

Legal Focus: Will Rescheduling Marijuana Change Drug Testing for CDL Drivers?

As you may have heard, a proposal has been made by the Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) to reschedule marijuana from Schedule I...

Act 39 HB 1448

A new law passed along with this year's state budget on June 22, 2018, adds language to Pennsylvania's Public School Code of 1949, 24 P.S. § 1-121

State Laws Legalizing Medical Marijuana: What Does it Mean for School Bus Contractors?

Across the nation there are currently 24 states that have legalized marijuana for medicinal purposes. Medicinal marijuana can be used as a treatment for mult...

Pennsylvania's New Medical Marijuana Law - What Does it Mean for School Bus Contractors

On April 17, 2016 Governor Tom Wolf signed the medical marijuana bill (Pennsylvania Senate Bill 3) into law, making Pennsylvania the 24th state in the union ...

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