Transportation

School kids crossing street

Pupil Transportation provides support and professional development for local transportation departments throughout Alabama. While Driver and Traffic Safety Education places emphasis on making sure that students are safe drivers, School Bus Instructors place emphasis on ensuring that all bus drivers have the knowledge and resources necessary to provide safe transportation for the students each day.

Bus Driver Requirements – How to be a School Bus Driver in Alabama

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Alabama School Bus Driver Physical Examination form (REVISED November 2018)

School Bus Driver Handbook 2024 Edition

Bus Driver Requirements – Report Books

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2024 Record and Report Book – Regular Route

2024 Record and Report Book – Special Needs

Emergency Management

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LEA Plans: Pandemic Preparedness

Minimum Specifications

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2025 Alabama Minimum Specifications for School Buses

2024 Alabama Minimum Specifications for School Buses

2023 Alabama Minimum Specifications for School Buses

2022 Alabama Minimum Specifications for School Buses

2021 Alabama Minimum Specifications for School Buses

2020 Alabama Minimum Specifications for School Buses

2019 Alabama Minimum Specifications for School Buses

2018 Alabama Minimum Specifications for School Buses

2017 Alabama Minimum Specifications for School Buses

2016 Alabama Minimum Specifications for School Buses

2010-2015 Alabama Minimum Specifications for School Buses

2005-2009 Alabama Minimum Specifications for School Buses

Funding – Grants

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DERA Project Eligibility and Cost Overview

Volkswagen and DERA Update

Volkswagen Eligible Mitigation Actions Appendix D-2

Volkswagon settlement presentation from 2018 ASTA summer conference presented by Mark Bentley.

Laws and Regulations – 15-Passenger Van Use

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15-passenger Van Rollover Warning NHTSA

Van Use Safety Statement

Laws and Regulations – Driver Education

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Presentation describing Alabama’s Graduated Driver License law.

Laws and Regulations – Funding

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Alabama Competitive Bid and Public Works Law

Allowance for Transportation Funding (2-mile Waiver)

Laws and Regulations – General Transportation

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Alabama Law – Section 16-27-4

Highway Safety Program

Alabama Law related to motorists who violate the law by passing a stopped school bus with the proper lights and stop sign deployed and actively loading/unloading students.

State Board of Education to prescribe rules and regulations for transportation.

State Board Rules Transportation Final

Laws and Regulations – Motorist

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Illegal School Bus Passing

Overtaking and passing school buses or church buses.

Alabama Law related to motorists who violate the law by passing a stopped school bus with the proper lights and stop sign deployed and actively loading/unloading students.

Laws and Regulations – Related Studies

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Seat Belt Study Group Recommendations

Laws and Regulations – School Bus

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Monthly Safety Inspections

Safety inspections; Reporting and Remedying Deficiencies; Records and Reports

This section of law allows Local Education Agencies to contract third party businesses to install cameras on the bus to document and issue a fine to illegally passing vehicles.

School Bus Specifications and Operation

School Buses – Crossing Control

Visual Signals on School and Church Buses

Laws and Regulations – School Bus Driver

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Recommendation by the National Traffic Safety Board (NTSB) concerning Cell Phone use by school bus drivers.

Physical Examinations for School Bus Drivers – Act 2012-372

State Board Rule – Physical Examinations

Laws and Regulations – Student Safety

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Alabama’s 2006 Child Restraint Law

Charles “Chuck” Poland Jr. Act

Convicted Sex Offender Restrictions

Discharging a Firearm – School Bus

Laws and Regulations – Vehicle Liability Insurance

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Vehicle liability insurance for employees required to transport pupils.

Conferences and Events

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2024 ASTA Summer Conference Registration Form

2024 ASTA Golf Tournament Form

Scholarships

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Buster Bynum Scholarship

Charles Poland Scholarship

Greg Ray Scholarship

Mike Cox Scholarship

Publications

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Illegal Passing Survey Data 2001-2019

Slideshow including school bus safety videos on the importance of sitting in school bus seats correctly.

School Bus Safety Points

Suggested Activities for School Bus Safety Week

School Bus Safety Rules for Motorists