school buses

Indianapolis Public Schools families whose kids ride the bus should double check that they’ve requested transportation for their students when they register this year.

Lawmakers say current law to prosecute drivers who don't stop when a school buss stop arm is extended has a major loophole, making it difficult to enforce.

An Indianapolis school bus driver faces charges of felony strangulation and misdemeanor battery after allegedly attacking a middle school student that she stopped from exiting her bus at a stop that wasn't his.

Six school districts in Indiana will get money from the federal government to buy 13 electric buses and six propane buses.

Parents say service has become increasingly unreliable at Greater Clark County Schools. District officials have canceled some bus route frequently this semester, including for the entire first week of April.

The Mind Trust, an Indianapolis-based charter advocacy group, hopes the legislature will change the state's school bus law next year, highlighting in a new report how the requirement creates a costly burden for charter schools in particular.

Indianapolis Public Schools remained open, but students unable to get to them because of no buses were not marked absent.

Indianapolis Public Schools leaders bet a partnership with IndyGo will lead to future savings worth millions of dollars by eventually eliminating yellow buses for high school students.

In response to a continuous shortage of bus drivers, some Carmel elementary teachers will take on the role of bus driver this fall.

Under the proposal, penalties for drivers who violate school bus passing laws would increase.