YEAR ROUND PUPIL TRANSPORTATION CALENDAR
| August | Bus Evacuation #1-first full week of school
August 1 – Bus Incident reports due for prior fiscal year |
| September | Sept 1 – Download, update and email bus inventory for depreciation |
| October | Oct 1 – Inform KISTA if buses are to be financed
Oct 1 – School Bus Ordering System Live
Oct 14 – School Bus inventory due for processing |
| November | Nov 1 – Transportation Growth Factor Adjustment Form Due
Nov 1 – Last day to inform KISTA for bus financing
Nov 15- Late bus orders due for May Delivery (No guarantee of May delivery after this date.) |
| December | Dec 30th - Download and verify school bus inventory data from KDE |
| January | Bus Evacuation #3 – first full week of school after winter break |
| March/April | First new Driver Trainer Instructor workshop - Spring Break |
| May | May 31- KY School for the Deaf & Blind Daily Form due
May 31-KY School for the Deaf & Blind Resident Form due |
| June | Pupil Transportation Summer Training Conferences:
- Kentucky Association of Pupil Transportation (KAPT)
- Student Transportation Association of Kentucky (STAK)
- Inspectors attend required 4 hour update training
- Driver trainers attend required 6 hour update training
- June 30 - Transportation End of Year Form Due |
| July | July 8- Certification of Transportation Mileage Due CDL Annual Physical - Prior to expiration send to KY Transportation Cabinet |
| Continuous | Update medical and license Information in Bus Driver database |
| School Year | School Bus Safety Training- throughout the school year for P-12 |
| Summer | Bus Driver 8 Hour Update - After last day of School and before 1st day |
| First Semester | Bus evacuation #1-First full week after start of school
Bus evacuation #2- before the end of first semester |
| Second Semester | Bus evacuation #3- First full week after winter break
Bus evacuation #4-second semester before the end of school |
| Driver Trainers | New Driver Trainer Instructor workshops are during the spring break and summer breaks 6 Hour Updates for returning Driver Trainers occurs during the summer break Driver Review 1 – within 5 days of completion of core curriculum instruction Driver Review 2 – 20-30 days after Driver Review 1 |
| New Drivers | Driver Review 3 – 3-6 months after Driver Review 2 |
Elisa Hanley - elisa.hanley@education.ky.gov or 502-564-5279 x 4406
Monica Napier- monica.napier@education.ky.gov or 502-564-5279 x 4436
Carl Meehan- carl.meehan@education.ky.gov or 502-564-5279 x 4442