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School Bus Contractors have Legal Right to IEP Information
Do you know all the essential information about the students on your bus? Do the school districts you serve share IEP information about individual students? ...
House Bill 1580 Proposes Automated Enforcement for Illegally Passing a School Bus
The Pennsylvania Vehicle Code (Title 75) outlines vehicle and driver responsibilities on the road. Section 75 Pa.C.S. § 3345 (a) states that “…the driver of ...
Pennsylvania Background Check Updates
In 2011, changes to 24 P.S. § 1-111 (Act 24) were passed tightening the state’s qualifications for certain employees working with or around children by expan...
Safety First Defending Best Practice for Wheelchair Students
The Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) §571.222 titled “School bus passenger seating and crash protection” was modified to include wheelchair-seat...
Pennsylvania Wiretap Law Updates
As you will recall, in 2012 the Pennsylvania Legislature considered a variety of changes to Pennsylvania’s existing wiretap law, 18 Pa.C.S. § 5703. The exist...
Recovering CDL Training Costs
Employers invest significant amounts of time and money in specialized training for prospective and existing employees. When the employee uses their newly acq...
Pennsylvania Laws Regarding Student Transportation Contract Bids
With a New Year often come changes and challenges in running your business. One such new challenge for 2013 is the Child Abuse Recognition and Reporting Trai...
PSBA Opposes PA Budget Block Grant Proposal
On February 7, 2012, Governor Corbett issued a press release in support of his 2012-13 Student Achievement Education Block Grant budget proposal. The Governo...
PSBA Supports SB 117, PN 1376 Proposed Changes to PA Wiretap Law
Many school bus contractors are faced with the Pennsylvania wiretap law dilemma. That is, school districts contractually or informally require video and audi...
How Will Changes to Pennsylvania's Unemployment Compensation Law Affect School Bus Contractors
As you know, Pennsylvania school bus drivers working for independent contractors are currently eligible to receive unemployment compensation benefits during ...
Background Check Changes in Pennsylvania
Recent changes to the Pennsylvania Public School Code tightened the state’s qualifications for school bus drivers by expanding the list of disqualifying offe...
NSTA Member Advocacy: Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick…
In January of 1900, Theodore Roosevelt was governor of New York when he first used the phrase, “speak softly and carry a big stick” when writing about a part...