PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — A Pennsylvania House Education Committee hearing was held Monday to address the headaches caused by a school bus driver shortage.“The lack of drivers has required students to have longer bus rides, earlier days in the morning, and later arrivals when coming home, and parents have been forced to find new ways to get their children to school,” said Aaron Sepkowski, legislative chair for the Pennsylvania School Bus Association.Testifying before ...

On October 30, 2023, Legislative Committee Chair and PSBA's 1st Vice President, Aaron Sepkowski (Pocono Transportation), testified on PSBA's behalf, regarding the School Bus Driver Shortage. To watch the recording of his testimony, visit: https://ow.ly/jNrV50Q2eLM. Thank you Aaron, for your support and expertise!

HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Driver and Vehicle Services Director of the Bureau of Driver Licensing Dios Arroyo on Wednesday, Oct. 25, joined the Pennsylvania State Police and Pennsylvania school bus safety advocates to honor nine students for communicating important school bus safety messages through their submissions to this year’s School Bus Safety Poster Contest and to recognize three school bus drivers for their superior driving skills.The cer...

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Driver and Vehicle Services Director of the Bureau of Driver Licensing Dios Arroyo joined the Pennsylvania State Police and Pennsylvania school bus safety advocates to honor nine students for communicating important school bus safety messages through their submissions to this year's School Bus Safety Poster Contest and to recognize three school bus drivers for their superior driving skills.

Welcome to the inaugural episode of Back in Session, a Duane Morris Government Strategies podcast. This week, Ryan and Ryan from DMGS speak with Gerry Wosewick of the Pennsylvania School Bus Association. Gerry provides insight on the challenges facing the school bus transportation industry, what it's like working with a new gubernatorial administration, and the best place in Philly to get a cheesesteak. Apple: https://buff.ly/3RpITclSpotify: https://buff.ly/3PN1NZoRSS Feed: https://buff...

On Monday, September 18, 2023, Executive Director, Gerry Wosewick, testified before the Senate Transportation Committee. The purpose of the hearing was to collect testimony on the “Automated Enforcement of Traffic Violations”, specifically S.B. 748 (Argall and Schwank), S.B. 851 (Langerholc and Flynn) and H.B. 1284 (Neilson). S.B. 851 and H.B. 1284 relate to illegal passing of school buses and automated cameras in enforcement.&nb...

HARRISBURG — Sunset provisions in Pennsylvania law that are set to expire without legislative action threaten the near-term use of automated speed enforcement in highway construction zones along with cameras mounted on side-arm stop signs equipped on school buses.Also at risk is automated speed enforcement along Roosevelt Boulevard (U.S. Route 1) in Philadelphia — 10 fixed zones between Ninth Street and the Bucks County Line. A 2022 study by the State Transportation Advisor...

(The Center Square) — The pandemic revealed all sorts of problems in Pennsylvania’s education system. School districts struggling to recruit school bus drivers was an overlooked one, and the problem hasn’t abated. PennDOT, however, took a step forward recently in removing a licensing requirement that’s long been a stumbling block.Last week, the agency announced it would waive the “under the hood” requirement for school bus drivers, which it called an outd...

Back to school means students are getting back on the bus even as school districts nationwide struggle to find people to take the wheel.

School districts across Pennsylvania are dealing with a school bus driver shortage, which could mean longer rides and earlier bus stop times for students. The Pennsylvania School Bus Association says it has about 3,500 job openings it's hoping to fill before the start of the school year.