2023 Transportation Safety Calendar
YEAR ROUND PUPIL TRANSPORTATION CALENDAR
August
| Bus Evacuation #1 – First full week of school August 1st – Bus Incident Reports due for prior fiscal year
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September
| September 1st – Download, update and email bus inventory for depreciation
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October | October 1st – Inform KISTA if buses are to be financed
October 1st – School Bus Ordering System Live
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 (No guarantee
of May delivery after this date.)
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December
| December 30th – Download and verify school bus inventory data
from KDE
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January | Bus Evacuation #3 – First full week of school after Winter Break |
March/April | First new Driver Trainer Instructor workshop – 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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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 30th – Transportation End of Year Form Due
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July
| July 8th – Certification of Transportation Mileage Due
CDL Annual Physical - Prior to expiration, please update in the KDE Web Apps Driver Database and send a copy of the certificate to the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
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Continuous | Update medical and license Information in KDE WebApps Bus Driver Database |
School Year | School Bus Safety Training – throughout the school
year for P-12
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Summer | Bus Driver 8 Hour Update – After last day of school and before 1st
day
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First Semester
| Bus Evacuation #1 – First full week after start of school Bus Evacuation #2 – Before the end of first semester
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Second Semester
| Bus Evacuation #3 – First full week after Winter Break
Bus Evacuation #4 – Second semester before the
end of school
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Driver Trainers | New Driver Trainer Instructor workshops are during the Spring Break and Summer Breaks 6-Hour Updates for returning Driver Trainers occurs during Summer Break Driver Review #1 – within 5 days of completion of core curriculum instruction Driver Review #2 – approximately 20-30 days after Driver Review #1
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New Drivers | Driver Review 3 – 3-6 months after Driver Review #2
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