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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2021 Record and Report Book – Regular Route
2021 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
No Texting Law
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