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News Featured Stories News Releases- January 19, 2022 114
Take one look at Jessica Rambo’s Instagram page The Painted Buffalo, and you’d think it was a collection of gorgeous landscape shots, skoolie conversion updates, and cool excursion pics.
In fact it’s all those things, and so much more, for so many folks.
Read a little into the captions and you’ll not only get her story, but a sense of what drives her and makes her projects and her page so special.
Jess is a mother, a Marine vet, an artist, and a force for good when it comes to other vets, women, and single mothers. Last but not least, she’s the owner of The Painted Buffalo, a school bus-turned-home...
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News Featured Stories News Releases- September 03, 2021 107
Who wouldn’t love watching a school bus get meticulously converted into a luxurious, cozy (and yes, safe) home on wheels?
That’s what happens on YouTube channel Gillian Phantom, where founder and creator Justin takes old, beat-down school buses and breathes new life into them.
The channel’s namesake is actually his former-school bus-turned-current home-on-wheels, and if you’re a fan of “before and after '' projects, then his step-by-step conversions will keep you hooked!
Not a gearhead or “Skoolie” enthusiast?
Fear not, the channel is chock full of beautiful sceneries, his family’s fun...
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News- April 22, 2019 45
U.S Representatives Julia Brownley (D-Calif.) and Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.) recently introduced the Stop For School Buses Act. The bill directs the U.S Department of Transportation to conduct a review of existing laws and programs for all 50 states, recommend best practices, review driver education materials, and create a nationwide public safety campaign.
Stop For School Buses Act
Under the bill, the U.S. DOT would:
• Review existing public safety measures and programs to prevent illegal passing of school buses.
• Compile illegal passing laws in all states, including levels of enforcement and... -
News Featured Stories- March 05, 2019 521
In an effort to cut down on bullying and drivers not stopping for school buses, the California Legislature has introduced two bills that would require school buses and child care car/vans to use video recording systems.
School Bus Laws
Assembly Bill 934 would require all school buses, youth buses, school pupil activity buses, and child care motor vehicles to have internal video systems. According to Asm. Mike Gipson, the bill's author, the new law will be an effective way to stop bullying and vandalism. The bill would also require an external video system on school buses that have a stop signal...
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News- July 09, 2018 107
Earlier this month, U.S. Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) announced a bill that would require automatic notifications of driver violations to school districts as well as school bus companies within 24 hours. This would allow the organizations to take faster actions. The bill was written in response to New Jersey crash in May that killed a teacher and a student.
“Miranda’s Law,” is being proposed to help support the SECURES Act, which would make lap-shoulder seat belts the nationwide standard for school buses. The bill would require a nationwide employer notification service for buses. This would give...
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News- May 28, 2018 47
Following the investigation of two 2016 multi fatality crashes involving school buses, the National Transportation Safety Board has recommended that all new buses be equipped with lap and shoulder seat belts. The organization is also calling for better driver oversight.
Enough is Enough
"I feel like we've always tiptoed around this issue of seat belt usage and lap [and] shoulder belts in school buses," said NTSB Board Chairman Robert L. Sumwalt. "The last recommendation we made on this was in 2013 coming out of a crash in Chesterfield, New Jersey, that occurred in February of 2012. And it was a...
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News Featured Stories- January 12, 2017 51
SB 1072, commonly called the "Paul Lee School Bus Safety Law", went into effect at the start of 2017. The bill was drafted in response to the 2015 tragic death of 19-year-old Hun Joon "Paul" Lee. Paul Lee was a student with severe autism, who died after being locked inside a parked school bus.
The law states that all school buses, car motor vehicles, and youth buses must be outfitted with special alert systems. An audible alarm starts when the required technology generates an audible alarm when the ignition is turned off. The driver must walk to the rear of the bus to turn off the alarm. This...
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News News Releases- September 30, 2016 60
My mother was the librarian at the school I attended from Pre-K to 8th grade. It was actually pretty awesome. I rode to school with her every day and sometimes we wore matching sweaters (I’ve already texted her asking for pictures, hopefully coming soon). She also ran the summer camp program, so I spent my summers in the library until I was old enough to stay home by myself.
The school is in Topeka, KS, but some of the students lived in Lawrence, KS, (where I ended up going to college, Rock Chalk!) about 30 minutes away. These students took “The Lawrence Bus” to school, which looking back on it...
