Be Aware, Cross with Care

Celebrated during the third full week of October each year, National School Bus Safety Week seeks to "educate students, parents and the motoring public about the safety of our nation's children who are transported daily on yellow school buses," according to a press release from the Illinois State Board of Education.

This year's theme is "Be Aware, Cross with Care," reminding students of the hazards of crossing the street and walking to and from the bus stop. Approximately 400,000 yellow school buses are on the nation's roadways each day transporting our 22.5 million elementary and high school students; of those, about 29,000 are operating in Illinois.

Also discussed in the release are recently passed state laws impacting school bus transportation. More details are included in the release, available on the Web site of the Illinois State Board of Education.