Last Year's Survey Report: Parts, Pay, and Propane: What’s Changing in School Bus Maintenance
2026 School Bus Maintenance Survey Now Open
Transportation directors and fleet managers: Tell us about your fleet and shop insights to help shape industry benchmarking data all about school bus maintenance. Bonus: for your time, we're donating to an important cause. Survey sponsor: Dorman Products.
January 2, 2026
Share your insights by the end of January for your responses to be included in our results!
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Calling all transportation directors, contractor staff, fleet managers, shop supervisors, and other school district officials. School Bus Fleet's annual maintenance survey, sponsored by Dorman, is now open, and we need your input!
Tell us about your fleet makeup, technicians, software used, parts and price problems, top challenges, and more. The results will appear in the March 2026 print edition of our magazine and online, offering powerful benchmarking data. Find last year's report here!
As a thank you for your time and to support the future of school bus maintenance, School Bus Fleet will donate $1,000 to The Hourglass Foundation at the close of this survey. By participating in this research, you're making an impact that will help support and grow the next generation of school bus fleet technicians and the workforce that keeps students moving safely every day.
Thank you to our survey sponsor, Dorman Products.
Responses are due EOD Friday, January 30, 2026.
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