The Illinois Senate unanimously passed a bill Wednesday to increase fines for people driving around school buses using the extended stop arm.
A plan moving in the Illinois Senate could increase the fine for people driving around school buses using the extended stop arm.
Teamsters school bus workers at First Student, Inc. across the country voted to authorize a strike Wednesday if the union fails to reach an agreement with First Student before the end of the month.
Aleisha Jurgens was on a bus ride home on March 3 when another student stood over her and began punching her multiple times.
No students were hurt Thursday afternoon after a crash involving two school buses, according to Decatur Public Schools.
A school bus carrying 18 students was involved in a collision with another vehicle on Tuesday.
Ball-Chatham Community Unit School District #5 has taken new steps to protect students during their daily bus rides by installing stop arm extensions on its fleet of school buses.
Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill into law Friday to require seat belts for all new school buses.
This bill could mandate that any school buses manufactured in Illinois have three point seat belts starting in 2031.
A Democratic bill to add seatbelts to all school buses passed the Illinois Senate Wednesday. This plan would require all buses to have seatbelts by 2031.