Transportation
Fort Bend: Proposed Changes To FBISD Bus Transportation Include Changing School Start/Stop Times, Increasing Distance To Bus Stops
The Fort Bend Independent School District is considering several strategies that could trim as much as $2.2 million off of next school year’s transportation costs. Ben Copeland, the district’s Chief Auxiliary Services Officer presented the board with cost-cutting measures at Monday’s budget workshop.
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  Mar 10, 2010, 07:45
Terrell: Bus accident sends three students to hospital
A Terrell ISD bus carrying 16 students from J.W. Long and W.H. Burnett elementary campuses slid off of a wet roadway early Monday morning, sending three students to an area hospital for minor injuries. Those three students were later released after observation.
The accident occurred near the intersection of County Roads 308 and 309 in the western part of the district. As of Wednesday, the incident was still under investigation by TISD and Petermann, the contracted bus service provider for the district.
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  Mar 8, 2010, 07:45
States Poised to Change School Transportation Reimbursement Formulas
We’ve noticed an up-tick in legislative initiatives in the pipeline that directly impact state reimbursement for school transportation.
These are just a few we’ve tracked, but there could be many more to come: