ODE School Bus Purchase Program:
Under the program, the Ohio Department of Education will issue awards for school districts to purchase one or more buses. Each bus purchased will require the school district to remove one of the qualifying buses (on the approved list provided by the Department) from regular daily service. If more than one bus is purchased, an equivalent number of buses shall be removed from regular service.
- Details about the School Bus Purchase program
- Accept School Bus Purchase Funding
- School Bus Program Award List FY2022
All the pandemic related transportation items have been migrated to a new page: Transportation after the pandemic.
NASDPTS position paper : America's Professional School Bus Drivers
Ohio school bus driver requirements
Ohio School Transportation Review
U.S. DOT's powerpoint on Entry-Level Driver Training (ELDT)
This page holds the archive copies of the OSBA transportation news update communications. These are PDF files.
All school district transportation administrators are included on the email list for this communication. Other school staff interested in receiving the updates can add themselves to the email list through the profile update service on the OSBA home page.
May 4, 2020 Next transportation conference, HB 197 clarification, school bus sanitizer and disinfectant
Apr 20, 2020 Licenses and recertification, CDL testing, school bus inspections, transportation drop-in meeting
Apr 8, 2020 FMCSA drug and alcohol, HB 197 deadline extensions, bus purchase information, railroad information, changes in scheduled training sessions for April and May
Mar 18, 2020 Pandemic special - OSBA operations, changes in calendar, MVI inspections, projects to consider during closures
Feb 24, 2020 School bus passing violator survey
- Driver reporting page
- District summary report xls version
- District summary report pdf version
Jan 8, 2020 FMCSA notifications - clearinghouse difficulty and change in D/A random testing rates
Dec 13, 2019 Do drivers need to register for the clearinghouse?
Nov 22, 2019 Clearinghouse, ELDT update
Oct 19, 2019 School bus safety week
Oct 15, 2019 School bus safety week, Evacuation drills
Aug 27, 2019 FMCSA programs - ELDT, Clearinghouse
Aug 22, 2019 T2, Fuel Tax, Revised Code updates
Jul 12, 2019 T2 reports, NTSB report-Iowa bus fire
May 31, 2019 Are you ready for summer? Read this reprint of an SMN article reviewing summer transportation tasks
Apr 22, 2019 Fuel Tax, passing violations results, rules changes
Mar 22, 2019 Bus passing survey update, spring driving safety
Mar 15, 2019 School bus passing survey
Feb 15, 2019 Rules update - JCARR submission and ODE proposal
Jan 23, 2019 Transportation funding, CDL renewal, HB 338/T-8 physicals
Nov 9, 2018 Bus stop safety, ODE rules activity, Electronic Stability Control, Cost & Efficiency data available
Sept 4, 2018 ODE rules proposal update, Seat belts on schoolbuses
Aug 23, 2018 ODE announces proposed rules changes
Aug 13, 2018 Seat belts, back-to-school planning
Jul 9, 2018 T2 due date, EPA diesel mitigation grant, training opportunities
Jun 4, 2018 EPA grant webinar
May 31, 2018 NTSB report on Chattanooga and Baltimore crashes
Apr 25, 2018 EPA grant news, Reasonable Suspicion training opportunity
Apr 24, 2018 School Bus Driver appreciation day, school bus options, school bus crashes - a year in review
Mar 25, 2018 EPA alternative fuel vehicle grant
Mar 20, 2018 CDL license changes, Regional OSBA transportation roundtables
Feb 12, 2018 EPA grant, regional roundtables
Jan 4, 2018 Funding, drug test changes, EPA, CDL changes, Bus recalls
Nov 1, 2017 ODE pupil transportation rules update
Sep 22, 2017 K-3 safety, bus stop and route times, T-1, MTA
Jan 25, 2017 Funding and T reports, Chattanooga update, cell phone laws. school zone flasher grants
Dec 20, 2016 Call to action for EPA comments on VW grant allocations
Dec 8, 2016 Tragic school bus crash in Chattanooga, Tennessee
Oct 31 2016 Drug and Alcohol testing for bus drivers
Sept 29, 2016 T1 reports, VTS program, MTA program, Capital Conference Transportation spotlight
Sept 14, 2016 EPA grant opportunity - webinar notice
2016-1 (sent January 22, 2016) School bus inspection program changes, Virtual Transportation Supervisor
2015-7 (sent December 7, 2015) Virtual Transportation Supervisor, Transportation funding, Technology, Seat belts
2015-6 (sent October 15, 2015) National School Bus Safety Week, School bus evacuation drills
2015-5 (sent October 1, 2015) T-1 report, Other types of transportation on the T-1, MTA enrollment
2015-4 (sent September 14, 2015) Accident statistics, Reasonable suspicion training, Alternative fuels, bus purchase
2015-3 (sent August 26, 2015) School start issues, student training, T1, T8, funding simulations
2015-2 (sent February 11, 2015) Update on payment in lieu of transportation
2015-1 (sent February 2, 2015) Media relations class, calamity days, updated transportation data, bus heat, alternative fuels training
2014-7 (sent November 17, 2014) K-12 training, Reasonable suspicion training, rules class, efficiency ratings, two-way radios, emergency drivers on buses
2014-6 (sent October 8, 2014) Equipment on buses, school bus safety week, administrator training, OSBA web access, training opportunities
2014-5 (sent September 23, 2014) Training opportunities, T1 tips, background checks, American School bus council, school bus construction issues
2014-4 (sent September 5, 2014) MTA registration, School bus Evacuation drills, FMCSA Reg-Neg, School bus Safety Week, Consulting vacancy at OSBA
2014-3 (sent August 26, 2014) Information about school start up needs: T8 expirations, sleep apnea screening, bus stop and routing plans, red light violators
2014-2 (sent May 29, 2014) Information includes school bus accident statistics and safety message.
2014-1 (sent May 21, 2014) Information includes: FY13 Cost analysis, FY14 Efficiency ratio report, T1S update, construction standards update, Epipen, Master of Transportation Administrator