Texas District Implements Paid School Bus Driver Training

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Districts might balk at the expense, but if Bryan ISDs plan is any indication, this may be one of the best ideas yet for increasing the ranks of bus drivers. Rather than attempting to reach out to existing CDL drivers, they specifically targeted people looking for a new career, emphasizing "no experience necessary" in their job ads. They created special curriculum and classes designed to help teach newcomers everything they need to do to learn to drive a bus and get their CDL, making the overall process as simple as possible. They hire these newcomers as district workers from the outset and pay them $11/hr for attending the training classes and all other relevant work towards becoming licensed. Bryan ISD is putting a lot of resources into training these new hires - and its not hard to imagine other districts trying to poach their drivers.

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