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NEISD TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT FACTS

  • Our Transportation Department operates approximately 375 buses.
  • Over 27,200 students are transported twice each school day - this is 9,628,800 student rides per school year!.
  • NEISD school buses travel almost 9,000 miles each school day, -- approximately 4.5 million miles each year!
  • The North East ISD Transportation Department operates two transportation facilities:
    • Central Terminal - (main facility)- Located near the intersection of Broadway and Wetmore.
    • BAC Terminal - Located at the Blossom Athletic Center at the corner of Starcrest and Jones Maltsberger.

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    • School bus drivers are required by Texas state law to receive more training than many other professional drivers.  A school bus driver in Texas is required to attend a state mandated 20 hour certification class and attend an eight hour refresher class every three years thereafter.
    • North East ISD provides bus drivers and bus assistants with additional training in the following areas: Student Management, the North East ISD Transportation Discipline Management Plan, Special Needs familiarization, and First-aid.  
    • Each potential and current bus driver must clear a Motor Vehicle Report (MVR) through the Department of Public Safety (DPS) prior to employment, and twice annually after hiring.  All employees undergo a National Criminal Background Check prior to employment.
    • School buses are one of the most regulated vehicles on the road today.  All school buses have to meet both Federal and State minimum standards.
    • According to the National Safety Council, school buses are the safest form of ground transportation - they are about 40 times safer than the family car!  The national school bus accident rate is 0.02 per 100 million miles traveled.
    • Over 450,000 school buses operate each day in the United States transporting 23,500,000 students twice each day!!  There are approximately 32,500 school buses operating on Texas roads each school day.
    • Approximately 25 MILLION school children are transported in the United States on school buses EACH DAY.
    • Nationally, school bus drivers log over 4 BILLION miles each school year.
    • America spends an average of $493 per regular education student and $2,460 per special education student for transportation annually.

As of:  July 10, 2008