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Florida Schools, 1972
A description of the process and outcomes of the integration of two high schools in St. Petersburg, Florida, by a reporter for the St. Petersburg Times, which granted permission to reprint his series of three articles. (JM)
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Desegregation Effects, Desegregation Methods, Educational Facilities
Federal Aid Planner, 1972
This report is designed to help administrators review their pupil transportation programs and to reevaluate the safety provisions for the children being transported. Topics discussed include fedreral and State regulations, pupil conduct, seat belts, bus driver training and selection, equipment maintenance, and buying vs chartering buses. A list of…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Driver Education, Equipment Maintenance, Federal Legislation
Smith, Paul V. – Inequality in Education, 1972
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Centralization, Consolidated Schools, Educational Finance
Bell, Derrick A., Jr. – Inequality in Education, 1972
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Community Control, Compensatory Education, Educational Finance
Peer reviewedSchool Management, 1971
Descriptors: Ancillary Services, Educational Finance, Expenditure per Student, Extracurricular Activities
Garber, Lee O.; Reutter, E. Edmund, Jr. – Yearbook Sch Law, 1970
Recent court decisions affecting public school students are reviewed in this chapter. (JH)
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Court Litigation, Curriculum, Discipline Policy
Featherson, E. Glenn – Amer Sch Board J, 1969
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Cost Effectiveness, Guidelines, Program Costs
Cuddy, Dennis L. – American Education, 1983
Examines research demonstrating that forced busing does not guarantee equal education or raise minority achievement. Advocates a first choice, free transportation system to fulfill the intent of Brown v. Board of Education. (SK)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Busing, Desegregation Effects, Equal Education
Ziskie, David; Morgan, Kent – American School Board Journal, 1982
Describes a way to compare the costs of operating or contracting buses by breaking down total expenses and comparing specific costs both for each type of service (such as regular transportation to school, special education, or athletic events) and for all types of expenditures ranging from maintenance to preparing payrolls. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Bids, Bus Transportation, Comparative Analysis, Contracts
Larsen, Robert A. – School Business Affairs, 1980
Areas to analyze in any evaluation of a school bus pupil transportation program are the administrator's role, operations and administration of the program, maps and map system coordination, time schedules for all schools, the recordkeeping system, the reimbursement aid formula, and specifications and bidding on transportation equipment.…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Cost Effectiveness, Efficiency, Elementary Secondary Education
Goodrich, Watson I. – School Business Affairs, 1980
Safety audits were conducted in each of New York State's 750 school districts to help school administrators understand and comply with laws and regulations relating to the safety aspects of pupil transportation. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Driver Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Safety
Cowen, Richard – School Business Affairs, 1991
Examines privatization of pupil transportation and suggests that asset ownership may be separated from asset operation. Discusses the advantages of a school district owning its school buses if operation is contracted out. (MLF)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education, Equipment Maintenance, Legal Responsibility
Collings, Amy – School Business Affairs, 1990
A demonstration program conducted in 12 New Jersey school districts identified 18 fuel cost-saving opportunities for school bus operation that could save the state an estimated $1.6 million in fuel costs. (MLF)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education, Energy Conservation, Fuel Consumption
Peer reviewedDwyer, Eamonn; Swann, Will – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 1987
The study found seriously inferior educational services for mentally handicapped students in special care schools administered by social services authorities in Northern Ireland when compared with special schools for similar children in England and special schools for other children with disabilities in Northern Ireland. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Mental Retardation
Self, Tucker L. – School Administrator, 1995
An Ohio superintendent's need to contain administrative costs, replace aging buses, and improve his district's financial health prompted consideration of contracting for student transportation. After 2 years of contracting out, students are safer, a $215,000 savings has been realized, the bus drivers (former district employees) are happier, and…
Descriptors: Bus Drivers, Bus Transportation, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education
