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Pupil Transportation

Buster Bynum Scholarship

Published: 2/13/2020 7:40 AM

2020 Scholarship for Students Associated with Pupil Transportation in Kentucky.

The Southeastern States Pupil Transportation Conference (SESPTC) makes a one-time $2,500 scholarship available to one student in each of its 14-member southeastern states each year, including Kentucky. Students eligible for the Buster Bynum Education Scholarship must be high school seniors, have a parent or guardian employed in the public school pupil transportation field for at least the past three years (since January 1, 2017) and be planning to attend a postsecondary educational institution in 2020. Completed applications should be submitted to the local district’s Supervisor/Director of Transportation, or the local district’s scholarship selection committee chairperson. Each school district will select a local winner and submit one winning application to the State SESPTC Selection Committee no later than May 15th, 2020.

2020 Buster Bynum Scholarship

Elisa Hanley

Office of Finance and Operations

Division of District Support

300 Sower Blvd., 4th Floor

Frankfort, KY 40601

(502) 564-5279 Ext. 4406

Fax (502) 564-6771

elisa.hanley@education.ky.gov