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A school bus contractor is a private company or proprietorship which provides school bus
School bus

A school bus is a bus used to transport children and teenagers to and from school and school events. Children may travel to school on regular public bus services....
 service to a school district or non-public school. Of 450,000 school buses operating in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, it is estimated that approximately 30% are operated by school
School

File:Primary Student of Pakistan.JPGA school , is an institution designed to allow and encourage students to education, under the supervision of teachers....
 bus
Bus

A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. A bus can generally seat a maximum of anywhere from 8 to 200 passengers; many more passengers than a minivan....
 contractor
Independent contractor

An independent contractor is a natural person, business, or corporation which provides good or Service to another entity under terms specified in a contract or within a verbal agreement....
s. In Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 (with some still operated by the school boards) and the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
, almost all school transportation is performed by contractors.

A school bus contractor may range in size from an operator with a single bus
Bus

A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. A bus can generally seat a maximum of anywhere from 8 to 200 passengers; many more passengers than a minivan....
 to a small company serving a single school or district, to a large multi-national company with as many as 40,000 buses of school bus yellow
School bus yellow

School bus yellow is a color which was especially formulated for use on Canadian and United States school buses in 1939. The color is now officially known in Canada and the United States as National School Bus Glossy Yellow and was originally called National School Bus Chrome....
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A school bus contractor is a private company or proprietorship which provides school bus
School bus

A school bus is a bus used to transport children and teenagers to and from school and school events. Children may travel to school on regular public bus services....
 service to a school district or non-public school. Of 450,000 school buses operating in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, it is estimated that approximately 30% are operated by school
School

File:Primary Student of Pakistan.JPGA school , is an institution designed to allow and encourage students to education, under the supervision of teachers....
 bus
Bus

A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. A bus can generally seat a maximum of anywhere from 8 to 200 passengers; many more passengers than a minivan....
 contractor
Independent contractor

An independent contractor is a natural person, business, or corporation which provides good or Service to another entity under terms specified in a contract or within a verbal agreement....
s. In Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 (with some still operated by the school boards) and the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
, almost all school transportation is performed by contractors.

A school bus contractor may range in size from an operator with a single bus
Bus

A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. A bus can generally seat a maximum of anywhere from 8 to 200 passengers; many more passengers than a minivan....
 to a small company serving a single school or district, to a large multi-national company with as many as 40,000 buses of school bus yellow
School bus yellow

School bus yellow is a color which was especially formulated for use on Canadian and United States school buses in 1939. The color is now officially known in Canada and the United States as National School Bus Glossy Yellow and was originally called National School Bus Chrome....
. Major school bus contractors in the United States and Canada include First Group, and Durham Transportation.

See also

  • School bus yellow
    School bus yellow

    School bus yellow is a color which was especially formulated for use on Canadian and United States school buses in 1939. The color is now officially known in Canada and the United States as National School Bus Glossy Yellow and was originally called National School Bus Chrome....
  • Frank W. Cyr, Father of the Yellow School Bus
    Frank W. Cyr

    Frank W. Cyr, Ph.D. was an American educator and author known especially for his contribution to school busing.As a specialist in rural education, he organized the United States' first national standards conference for school transportation in 1939, starting what became an ongoing cooperative effort by those building and operating school b...
  • Wayne Corporation
    Wayne Corporation

    Wayne Corporation was a large manufacturer of buses and other vehicles branded with the trade name "Wayne." The corporate headquarters were in Richmond, Indiana, in Wayne County, Indiana, in the United States....