Continuous
| Update school bus driver CDL and medical exam certificate information in KDE's School Bus Driver Database and the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet's CDL Document Portal. Update school bus driver inactive/termination date in KDE's School Bus Driver Database any time a school bus driver is no employed by your district (or is on medical leave). |
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School Year
| School Bus Safety Training – throughout the school year for P-12. |
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Bus Evacuation Schedule
| Bus Evacuation #1 – Must be completed during the first full week after start of school.
Bus Evacuation #2 – Must be completed before the end of first semester. Bus Evacuation #3 – Must be completed during the first full week after Winter Break. Bus Evacuation #4 – Must be completed during the second semester before the end of school. |
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Director of Transportation
| KDE hosts training classes for incoming Directors of Transportation during Spring Break and one week during Summer Break. |
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School Bus Driver Training Instructor
| School Bus Driver Training Instructor Workshops are held during Spring Break and Summer Break. School Bus Driver Training Instructor 6-hour recertification training classes are held during Summer Break. |
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School Bus Inspector
| School Bus Inspector 4-hour recertification training classes are held during Summer Break. |
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School Bus Driver
| Driver Review #1 must be completed within 5 days of completion of core curriculum instruction.
Driver Review #2 must be completed approximately 20-30 days after Driver Review #1. Driver Review #3 must be completed within 3-6 months after Driver Review #2.
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August
| August 1st – School Bus Incident Reports due for prior fiscal year.
Bus Evacuation #1 – Must be completed during the first full week after start of school. |
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September
| September 1st – Download, update and email school district school bus inventory spreadsheet to KDE. |
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October | October 1st – Inform KISTA if buses are to be financed.
October 1st – School Bus Ordering System is available.
October 14th – School Bus inventory due for processing. |
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November | November 1st – Transportation Growth Factor Adjustment Form due.
November 1st – Last day to inform KISTA for bus financing.
November 15th – Late bus orders due for May delivery. NOTE: No guarantee
of May delivery after this date.
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December
| Bus Evacuation #2 – Must be completed before the end of first semester. December 30th – Download and verify accuracy of school bus inventory data
from SharePoint. If correct, please inform KDE via email if it is correct. If incorrect, please notate the revisions needed and email it to KDE.
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January | Bus Evacuation #3 – Must be completed during the first full week after Winter Break. |
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March/April | First School Bus Driver Training Instructor Workshop is held during Spring
Break. |
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May
| May 31st – Kentucky School for the Deaf & Blind Daily
Form due.
May 31st – Kentucky School for the Deaf & Blind Resident Form
due. |
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Summer
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All school bus driver's must complete an 8-hour recertification update training prior to the first week of school.
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June
| June 30th – Transportation End of Year Form Due The following Pupil Transportation conferences are held typically in the last two weeks of June:
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July
| July 8th – Certification of Transportation Mileage Due
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