Houston ISD officials said the school bus was involved in an accident on Southwest Freeway near Buffalo Speedway, just after 5 p.m. School officials stated the school bus was rear-ended by an unlicensed driver who received multiple citations. view article

No students were on board when an East Central ISD school bus got into an accident on the southeast side of town early Tuesday morning. It happened around 6:30 a.m. in the 3600 block of South WW White Road not far from Loop 410. A driver of another vehicle reportedly ran a red light and hit the school bus, which ended up in a ditch on the side of the road following the crash, according to a spokesman for East Central ISD. view article

The Bryan Police Department and Bryan Independent School District (Bryan ISD) have confirmed to KBTX that an investigation is underway into a reported assault that occurred on a school bus Monday afternoon. Due to the ages of those involved, authorities have refrained from releasing specific details of the incident. However, the mother of the alleged victim, Teresa Cisneros, has been outspoken on social media, calling for the individuals responsible to face the fullest extent of punishment. view article

A 5-year-old student at Emma Roberson Early Learning Academy died on Monday morning after being hit by a school bus. The Texas Department of Public Safety confirmed the fatal accident happened on Monday morning in the Commanche Cove neighborhood in Hood County. view article

A Granbury Independent School District student died Monday after he was hit and killed by a school bus, officials said. The 5-year-old boy attended Emma Roberson Early Learning Academy, Granbury ISD said in a social media post. The Texas Department of Public Safety later confirmed the child was hit by a Granbury ISD school bus before he died from his injuries in a hospital. view article

A 5-year-old boy was struck and killed by a Granbury Independent School District bus on Monday morning. According to the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), the boy–who was a student at the district’s Emma Roberson Early Learning Academy–was hit by the bus as it was pulling away from a stop on Pecos River Drive. view article

A Fort Bend ISD school bus was involved in a crash while on its way to a field trip to Daikin Park in downtown Houston on Monday, according to authorities. The Houston Police Department told Eyewitness News that a red SUV rear-ended the school bus on Rusk Street at about 10 a.m. HPD said the driver of the SUV exited his vehicle after the crash, assaulted a worker cutting grass nearby, and assaulted another person further up the road. view article

Temple ISD is constructing a new stacking loop at Kennedy-Powell Elementary to alleviate traffic congestion. “The current pick-up and drop-off pattern at Kennedy-Powell Elementary School brings vehicles into the campus from Cearley Road to the west of the facility,” Jon Wallin, Temple ISD executive director of communication, said in a news release. “Several parents and community members expressed concerns to Temple ISD about traffic backing up onto Airport Road during peak times.” view article

Being a school district superintendent comes with many responsibilities, including working with the school board, keeping students safe, managing budgets, and more. But some of those tasks aren’t just in the office; they are on campus in the parking lot, picking up students on a school bus. view article

Soon, more of Austin ISD’s school buses will be equipped with technology to protect kids. The district’s school board recently approved a new contract with the vendor, BusPatrol, to install an additional 261 stop arm cameras on buses to crack down on people illegally passing them. view article

A bill in the Legislature would require Texas school districts to install seat belts on their school bus fleets, an extension of a current law, 10 months after a deadly school bus crash in Bastrop County placed new attention on the issue. view article

A Judson Independent School District transportation supervisor has resigned, the department’s director and assistant director have filed retirement paperwork and its payroll clerk was moved out of her position amid a payroll discrepancy investigation, records obtained by KSAT Investigates show. Main terminal supervisor Hewitt Ballard’s resignation was effective immediately, director Ken Johnson’s retirement was effective Jan. 31, assistant director Elizandro Munoz’s resignation is effective March 31 and transportation payroll clerk Melissa White was moved to a position within the district’s educational resource center. view article

A Canyon ISD school bus was involved in a crash with a semi at US and FM 2590 on Tuesday afternoon. According to law enforcement, the semi ran a red light and collided with the bus as it was turning north. Students from Spring Canyon Elementary and Canyon Intermediate School were on the bus with the majority being unharmed but one student was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries as a precaution. view article

Austin ISD is looking into how a substitute bus driver ended up at the wrong school on Tuesday morning. The principal of Campbell Elementary School sent a letter to families saying the driver picked up children on Tuesday morning and brought them to the right school, but did not let them off the bus. view article

Houston ISD is cutting nearly half of the students on its bus ridership lists. According to ABC13's news partners at the Houston Chronicle, the district found in a survey that 12,000 students signed up for transportation services but were not riding the bus. Those who opted out of the service or did not take the survey were removed from the list earlier this month. view article

The Whitehouse ISD Board of Trustees approved an update to the Transportation Pay Plan at their monthly meeting Thursday. The update adjusts pay rates for bus drivers and other transportation staff. “Several discussions have occurred over the past fall semester regarding field trip pay between the transportation department, district administration, and the school board,” said Tara Matthews, Chief Human Resources Officer for Whitehouse ISD. view article

Texas school districts are authorized to provide public school transportation. For those that do, motor vehicle accidents are fertile ground for claims against school districts. School districts may benefit from taking the time to review their risk management approach to the provision of transportation services.

Across the nation, school districts are having a hard time keeping and hiring bus drivers. One local school district, Comal ISD, is becoming greatly effected. As one of the fastest growing and largest districts in the San Antonio area, the district covers over 500 square miles in five different counties with over 27,000 students attending. view article

Some Brenham ISD parents are concerned about the safety of their children aboard school buses, while the district struggles to find people to drive them. Overcrowding and longer run times for some buses has parents worried and debating whether their children should be using school transportation. One parent, Cassi Harrison, has pulled her three children off after she says her daughter had to sit on the floor of her elementary school bus, which had students from two bus routes. Harrison says the safety of the children needs to be addressed. view article

A driver was shot before crashing into a Spring ISD school bus Tuesday morning in north Harris County, officials say. This happened on FM 1960 near Rolling Creek just before 7:30 a.m. Deputies are in the 1600 block of FM 1960, where a @SpringISD bus has crashed with another vehicle. The driver of that vehicle has a gunshot wound. No reports of injuries to students. view article

After four days of frustration over Houston ISD’s new transportation system, which parents widely have derided, Amanda Marshall wanted to know exactly how her 10-year-old son, Henry, was getting to his magnet school. view article

Two Austin ISD buses were involved in a crash in southeast Austin on Wednesday morning, and both police and the district say no injuries have been reported. view article

Several Conroe ISD elementary school students had minor injuries after a car slammed into their school bus. School officials said 58 students from Ford Elementary were on board at the time of the incident this morning. view article

An Abilene ISD bus driver was assaulted Monday morning. Police reports say the driver was transporting students back to the Abilene State Supported Living Center when one of the students refused to stay in his seat. The driver pulled over when he wouldn't sit down as requested, and after she stopped the bus, "the student began punching and kicking the bus driver," according to the reports. view article

The Pottsboro Independent School District’s board of trustees discussed a resolution to receive funding for a service they already provide during their regular meeting earlier this week. PISD Superintendent Kevin Matthews explained that Texas law does not provide transportation funding to school districts if the district is transporting students that live within two miles of the schools they attend, unless those areas are dangerous for students to cross. In this situation, that is the case, Matthews said. The board identified five areas they qualified as hazardous: Highway 289, Highway 120, FM 996, FM 1417 and Cardinal Lane. - See more at: http://heralddemocrat.com/news/schools/pottsboro-isd-board-identifies-dangerous-roads-stresses-student-safety#sthash.NCQqqUs4.dpuf view article

Humble Independent School District is hiring bus drivers for the 2015-2016 school year. Interested applicants are encouraged to apply online or visit a weekly job fair, held every Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 1703 Wilson Rd, Humble, Texas, 77396. Humble ISD offers paid training to qualified applicants.

Heavy rain and high water pushed a Northwest Independent School District bus off the road, where it became stuck Thursday morning, according to authorities. The bus was stopped at a red light on Texas 114 near Farm-to-Market Road 156 when swift water in a heavy rainstorm overtook the road and pushed the bus onto the shoulder, according to Emily Conklin, the district's communications director. view article

A student from Parker Intermediate School was struck by a vehicle as he was getting on his school bus Monday morning in north Harris County. view article

Frisco ISD has pulled four Blue Bird school buses from its fleet as a precaution after a bus that had been in service for five days caught fire on Tuesday. No one was injured. Representatives from manufacturer Blue Bird and dealer Rush Bus Center met with district staff Wednesday to view the burned bus and the four others. view article

Three students from Stehlik Intermediate School in the Aldine Independent School District were taken to an area hospital Tuesday morning after a minor collision with a cement mixer. The wreck happened about 8 a.m. on West Road at Deer Trail Drive as the bus was transporting students to the school at 400 West Road, a school district spokeswoman said. The school is just west of Interstate 45. view article