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In May 2015 the NAPT Board of Directors established a goal to provide school transportation professionals with resources designed to improve their communication and decision-making capabilities. The first priority in achieving this goal was to turn the NAPT Data Driven Decision-Making (3D) project into a viable business unit, which we now call Apollo®.
This brand new subscription-based service has been created by NAPT to help school transportation directors and school business officials make decisions about equipment, training and much more.
Wondering why Apollo?
We invite you to learn more about NAPT's Apollo® by viewing this video.
| Tell us how you #LovetheBus
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Highlight Your Local 'Love the Bus' Celebrations in February
The American School Bus Council (ASBC) wants to give its annual 'Love the Bus' campaign a local spin this year. Rather than featuring a prominent federal official and drawing attention to one issue or event, ASBC encourages districts and operations to share how you #LovetheBus at your local events. Over the years we've seen some very creative efforts to showcase drivers and other critical aspects of school transportation across the country, and this year we'd like to shine the national spotlight on your events. So share your stories, video and photos with us on Facebook and Twitter — be sure to use #LovetheBus so everyone can see what you're doing.
Operations sharing the most creative and unique ways to #LovetheBus will receive special national recognition from ASBC and its partner organizations.
Looking for ideas on how to celebrate locally? The ASBC website provides downloadable resources to create thank you cards, design t-shirts, and more. This is also a great opportunity to remind your organization about the National School Bus Safety Week poster contest. This year's theme is My Driver — My Safety Hero! What a great way to celebrate the professionals behind the wheel of the bus!
We look forward to seeing how you celebrate #LovetheBus locally.
About 'Love the Bus'
Love the Bus began in 2007 and is held every February. It is a month-long celebration of the importance of the yellow school bus, with a particular focus on thanking school bus drivers for safely transporting 25 million children to and from school every day. Love the Bus events are held at schools, school bus facilities, and other locations across the country. The events raise awareness and appreciation for the experience of riding the bus to and from school, and recognize the diverse set of individuals whose daily efforts make the yellow school bus part of the fabric of American life.
TODAY is your last day to apply for 2017 SBX
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Complete your 2017 School Bus eXchange application now. NAPT and School Bus Fleet are excited to once again offer public and private school bus operators and extraordinary event designed to connect a diverse, distinctive and influential group of public and private school transportation service providers with an equally select group of product and service suppliers for an exchange of information, ideas and solutions.
2017 Event Details
April 3-5, 2017
Embassy Suites by Hilton Scottsdale Resort
5001 N. Scottsdale Road
Scottsdale, AZ
Hear what 2016 participants had to say about their SBX experience.
There are a limited number of full scholarships available — apply today! The scholarship includes round trip airfare to Scottsdale, local airport transfers to and from the venue, two nights' stay at the Embassy Suites by Hilton, and all scheduled meals and receptions. Learn more and complete a scholarship application at www.SBXconnect.com.
| NAPT's LED program to offer strategic approach to industry's driver shortage challenge
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Program Designed to Identify Threats, Discover Opportunities
As a leader in the student transportation industry, strategy is important. But why? Join NAPT and your fellow industry thought leaders for the 2017 Leading Every Day (LED) Initiative webinar series and discover why strategic thinking and planning is essential. Using the driver shortage challenge as a backdrop, the 6-session series will discuss strategies for maximizing individual, organizational and industry-wide strengths and opportunities for success. Reserve your space today!
The 2017 LED webinar program will help current and emerging leaders think more strategically about asset planning, human capital planning and fleet maintenance activities that drive value for participants and their respective stakeholders. Learn more about the LED program and register online at www.napt.org.
Get to Know Ray
Our Guest Lecturer Raymond Melleady has served in the transportation industry for more than 25 years from the front lines of operations to executive management and will serve as a facilitator for the program. 2016 LED Guest Lecturer Mark Aesch calls Melleady "a national thought leader when it comes to strategy, performance and transformation in all forms of transportation. He's produced extraordinary results in multiple modes of transportation — and in both the public sector and private. From his start as a mechanic to becoming a CEO, Ray has turned his tremendous leadership gifts into tools that we can all use to become better people and better professionals."
What Does Registration Fee Cover?
The $199 LED registration fee provides:
- Unique registration link for all 6 live webinars
- Access to the recorded and archived webinars at your convenience
- Again in 2017! Face-to-face networking event at NAPT Summit exclusively for 2017 LED participants (NAPT Summit registration required)
- Access to our Guest Lecturer, Ray Melleady, throughout and following the program for additional Q&A
- Ability to connect with fellow LED participants
- Certificate of Completion
Register Online Today!
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Education Week
President Trump says he will announce his pick for the vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday, Feb. 2. After winnowing his list of 21 possibilities, the president says he is ready to nominate a replacement for the late Justice Antonin Scalia, who died on Feb. 13 last year. The finalists are now down to three. Or two, or four or five, depending on which account you want to put stock in.
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Hartford Courant
Republican state legislators are proposing to force more transparency about CTfastrak, gain control over transit fare increases and block the study of a mileage-based tax on motorists. Those ideas and 44 other proposals go to a hearing Monday by the General Assembly's transportation committee.
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The Washington Post
Senate Democrats are formally asking Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., to have a second confirmation hearing for Betsy DeVos, President Trump's education nominee, arguing that they need an opportunity to further scrutinize her potential conflicts of interests and preparedness to lead the Education Department.
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By: Bambi Majumdar (commentary)
 The 2017 edition of Education Week's Quality Counts report shows that American schools still have considerable room for improvement. Individual states were graded on metrics like school finances and student achievement, along with environmental factors. The report revealed how each state is faring in the education meter and that even the top-ranking state, Massachusetts, got only a B rating. This has sparked concerns over the future of U.S. education.
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The Associated Press via USA Today
A bill that would require school buses to have seat belts is being considered by lawmakers in Washington, one of more than a dozen states where school seat belt measures are on the legislative agenda this year. The Senate Transportation Committee held a public hearing Tuesday for Senate Bill 5054. It would mandate that all public and private school buses purchased after the bill takes effect have a safety belt for each rider.
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RTV6-TV
The IPS school board approved a three-tier transportation model Thursday that will change schools' start times for the 2017-2018 academic year. Tier one will move six high schools, three middle schools and three elementary schools to a start time of 7:20 a.m., instead of 7:30 a.m. These students will be released at 2:20 p.m. The second tier will change the start times of 13 elementary schools to begin at 8:15 a.m. instead of 9:05 a.m.
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KMOX-TV
School districts across Missouri are figuring out how to deal with the $8.6 million in transportation budget cuts enacted by Gov. Eric Greitens. While some don't know yet how much they'll be losing, Riverview Gardens CFO Anna Munson says her district will lose $15,000, and is planning for a similar loss next year. Munson tells KMOX that while the cuts will be coming from state transportation funding, the district will not be cutting transportation.
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Daily Herald
New school buses in Utah would have to have seat belts for children under a bill advanced by a Utah legislative panel. Republican Rep. Craig Hall of West Valley, the sponsor of the measure, told the House Transportation Committee on Thursday that he hopes people will think back one day with wonder about times when school buses didn't have seat belts.
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The Texas Tribune
Leaders in the Texas Senate are vowing to find ways to overhaul the state's school finance system, saying a recent Texas Supreme Court decision granted them a prime opportunity to shake up the heavily criticized status quo. Recently, they announced the creation of a Senate budget working group — led by Friendswood Republican Larry Taylor — to tackle the issue. That group will work with the Senate Education Committee, which Taylor chairs, to propose replacements for the current school finance system.
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Omaha World-Herald
Omaha Public Schools and its busing contractor say they are addressing the flaws that fueled last fall's botched busing. The district estimates that 3,000 OPS students started the 2016-2017 school year with delayed buses, missed bus routes, tardy arrivals at school or late drop-offs at home. This failure understandably angered students and parents. An outside audit suggested sensible changes for both the district and its busing contractor, Student Transportation of America.
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eSchool News
Sometimes what you would like to be true in education turns out to be nothing more than alternative facts — here are some of education's most popular alternative facts.
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Transporting Children with Disabilities, 5th Edition,
by Dr. Linda F. Bluth, is available for purchase. NAPT members may purchase the Handbook for $19.99, plus shipping. The nonmember rate is $29.99, plus shipping.
To order your copy, please email NAPT Member Services Specialist, Brianne Peck at Brianne.Peck@napt.org today! To learn more about the new Certification in Special Needs Transportation (CSNT) click here.
Transporting Children with Disabilities, 5th Edition contains new and updated information, including useful definitions of transportation and related special education terms as well as characteristics of children with special needs and special considerations for transporting children with special needs. This popular publication also explains the legal basis for special needs transportation in accordance with the requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 2004, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, and the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 and contains information about new Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act regulations.
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