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Legal Update for School Bus Contractors
Despite the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) continued position that “the school bus is the safest vehicle on the road”, in 2019 the ...
Is Public Transit Encroaching On Your School Bus Operations?
Typically, school transportation is provided to school districts, charter schools, and other non-public schools either by the school district’s own transport...
Confidentiality – FERPA/IDEA/HIPAA and More
For school bus contractors, proper access to and handling of confidential student information is important. This is especially true when dealing with special...
Pennsylvania State Motor Fuel Tax Exemption
Understanding fuel costs, taxes, and exemptions is an important part of business planning for school bus contractors. Often there is confusion about what the...
Summer Charters
The end of the school year for students means the beginning of the summer charters season for school bus contractors. Summer camps, church groups, scout grou...
Act 24 Lifetime Ban - Evlauating Criminal History When Hiring
School bus contractors and school districts are all familiar with the disqulifying offenses listed in 24 P.S. §1-111€ and know that the words of the statute ...
Unified Carrier Registration Fee Update
In December 2018, the Uniform Carrier Registration Boac (
Legal Updates for School Bus Contractors 2018 Year in Review
2018 was another busy year for school bus contractors with many significant events and changes. Following are the most significant occurrences and legal eve...
Media Inquiries and Guidance 101
It is inevitable that a school bus contractor will receive an inquiry from the media after a notable event. Or perhaps a school bus contractor would like to...
Interstate Operating Authority
Many contractors begin services by only providing intrastate operations within their home state. However, contractors are often presented with lucrative oppo...
UCR Registration
Often contractors provide interstate transportation or are presented with potential opportunities to provide such services. However, many contractors do not ...
Legal Updates for School Bus Contractors - Year in Review
2018 will see the effects of many laws and regulations that that were passed in the last year. Following is a brief “year in review” highlighting the federa...