Transportation

Increasing School Stability for Students Experiencing Homelessness
Overcoming Challenges to Providing Transportation to the School of Origin
by Diana Bowman, Director & Katina Barksdale, Assistant Program Specialist
(October 2004)

Health

Sharing Student Health and Medical Information with School Transporters
by Peggy A. Burns, Esq., (February, 2003)

Environment

Air Quality: Suggested Operational Practices for School Buses, (March, 2004)

A Representative Sample of Fairfax County Public Schools Buses Found to be Free of Significant Diesel Exhaust, (March, 2001)

Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) owns and operates a fleet of 1,428 school buses of various makes and models to transport, daily, approximately 105,000 students to 234 schools and centers. The Fairfax County Department of Vehicle Services maintains the fleet on a regular, scheduled basis. In addition, each bus undergoes an annual safety inspection that includes the exhaust system. Approximately half of the buses are more than ten years old, and all but seven of the 1,428 buses are powered by diesel engines.

School Bus Safety

• Regulatory Guidance on "S" Endorsement - FMCSA, (July 21, 2005)

• Emergency Evacuation Training -- School Activity Trips
  Response to NTSB Safety Recommendation (June 2004)
• Emergency and Rescue Procedures: A Guideline Manual for School Bus Involvement
• Exchange of Letters with NHTSA Concerning Lap Belts on School Buses,
  (January, 2004)
  • letter to NHTSA, April 15, 2003
  • response from NHTSA, January 23, 2004
  • a note from Charlie Gauthier, Executive Director, Feb 2, 2004
• Repair or Replacement of Components on School Buses, (November 2003)
• Employee Guide to School Bus Security
  Transportation Security Administration
• NTSB - Protecting Propane Tanks on School Buses
• Maryland State Guidelines: Management of the Needs of the Oxygen Dependent Student, (June 2002)
• Enhancing School Bus and Pupil Transportation Safety, (August 2002)
• NASDPTS' Survey on Real-World Experiences with Safety Harnesses, (May, 2002)
• Safety Harnesses and School Buses, (January, 2002)
• School Bus Replacement Considerations, (January, 2002)
• Rear Underride Crashes and School Buses

Federal Laws Governing Transit Buses & School Bus Service

• Letter from Jennifer Dorn, Administrator, Federal Transit Administration
  (January 21, 2005)
• Public Transportation and School Buses, Federal Transit Administration
  (January, 2005)

Child Passenger Safety

• Anton's Law - An act to provide for the improvement of the safety of child restraints in passenger motor vehicles, and for other purposes.

Vans

• Vans Used for School Transportation
• Vans in School Transportation Service