The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration agrees that the waiver could help with the school bus driver shortage during peak recruitment season during the summer months.
The school bus driver shortage remains a serious concern even as we start to put the COVID-19 pandemic behind us.
Executive Editor of School Bus Fleet, Wes Platt, recaps recent news headlines from the pupil transportation industry - including the electric bus collaboration between the National Association for Pupil Transportation, the School Superintendents Association, and the Association of School Business Officials International.
The National School Transportation Association urges school bus operators to take advantage of the FMCSA's temporary waiver of the "under-the-hood" component of the CDL test.
Beginning Feb. 7, obtaining a CDL will become more detailed, and will likely take more time. Here’s what you need to know.
Gov. Kathy Hochul wants qualified third parties to offer road tests for commercial driver licenses to put new school bus drivers on the road faster.
It comes as good news for industry leaders who have wanted a commercial driver's license that better reflects a school bus driver's responsibilities.
The waiver from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), effective Jan. 3, currently expires on March 31.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has issued a final rule closing a loophole in the federal drug and alcohol testing program.
New entry-level driver training requirements go into effect on Feb. 7, 2022. Motor carriers that provide CDL training need to prepare now.
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