BUS DRIVER EXAMINATION AND TRAINING
The Governing Board recognizes that it is of great importance that all
local school districts have competent and qualified bus drivers;
therefore, the Governing Board establishes this policy to ensure that
those nominated and certificated are so qualified.
The Ohio Revised Code states that the Educational Service Center shall be
responsible for the issuance of driver certificates for school bus drivers
in those local districts falling under the jurisdiction of the Governing
Board of Educational Service Center. Such certificates to operate a school
bus shall be signed by the President of the Governing Board of Educational
Service Center. Any person who has not received a certificate from the
Governing Board of Educational Service Center shall not be employed as a
driver of a school bus or motor van, owned and operated by any Clermont
County Local School District. In order to receive this certificate, the
bus driver must:
1. pass a physical examination each year;
2. be at least 18 years of age, of good moral character, and qualified
physically and otherwise for such a position;
3. produce a safe driving abstract each year;
4. have a commercial driver’s license as required by the State of Ohio and
5. pass a BCII or FBI background check.
Responsibility --The standards require that any person certified as
physically qualified to operate a school bus must request, obtain and
present to the Governing Board of Educational Service Center an abstract
of his/her driving record. This abstract is to be attached to the
Department of Education’s copy of the completed physical examination. This
is to be a yearly requirement, and the driver is responsible for obtaining
and paying for the cost to obtain the abstract.
Based upon Ohio’s point system for traffic violations, the Clermont
Governing Board of Educational Service Center Policy shall hereafter be
that any school bus driver accumulating six traffic violation points
during any one year, regardless of the vehicle being driven at the time of
the violation, shall not be issued a certificate to drive a school bus in
the System for a period of two years from the date of the issuance of the
sixth violation point. Furthermore, any school bus driver accumulating a
total of four points for traffic violations over a period of one year
while driving a school bus shall not be issued a certificate to drive a
bus in the System for a period of two years from the date of issuance of
the fourth traffic violation point.
[Adoption date: June 21, 2001]
CROSS REF.: GBQ, Criminal Record Check
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