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along with other required pre-service training prior to transporting students, and shall receive CPR and first aid
refresher in-service training at least biennially; however, the driver and attendant shall not give medicine and shall
limit his or her assistance to that which may normally be expected of a reasonable, prudent person or as specified in
the student’s Individual Educational Plan. All drivers and attendants who are employed and transporting students on
or before the effective date of this rule must be provided certified CPR and first aid training by November 1, 2020.
(c) The district shall inform parents, guardians, and students at least annually in writing of their responsibilities
and related district policies as follows:
1. To ensure the safe travel of their students during the portions of each trip to and from school and home when
the students are not under the custody and control of the school district, including during each trip to and from home
and the assigned bus stop when the school district provides bus transportation.
2. To ensure that students ride only in their assigned school buses and get off only at assigned bus stops, except
when the district has approved alternative buses or arrangements.
3. To ensure students are aware of and follow the district’s adopted code of student conduct while the students
are at school bus stops and to provide necessary supervision during times when the bus is not present.
4. To ensure that, when the physical disability of the student renders the student unable to get on and off the
bus without assistance, the parent or guardian provides the necessary assistance to help the student get on and off
at the bus stop, as required by district policy or the student’s individual educational plan.
(3) Knowledge, skills and abilities related to student management techniques and characteristics of the students
shall be considered when selecting or assigning drivers and attendants for routes serving students.
Rulemaking Authority 1001.02(1), 1006.22(13) FS. Law Implemented 1001.42(10), 1003.31(1)(d), 1006.10, 1006.22 FS. History–
New 3-26-66, Amended 9-17-72, Repromulgated 12-5-74, Formerly 6A-3.121, Amended 11-15-94, 11-26-06, 4-25-17, 8-20-19.

Florida Administrative Code - 6A-3.0141 Employment of School Bus Drivers

(1) School bus drivers are defined as any persons employed or contracted to the school district to transport
prekindergarten through grade 12 students in school buses as defined in Section 1006.25, F.S.

(2) At the time of initial employment the school board shall assure that the driver of a school bus meets the
following requirements:
(a) Has five (5) years of licensed driving experience.
(b) Has submitted to the superintendent a written application for employment in a form prescribed by the school
board.
(c) Has filed a set of fingerprints for the purpose of the required background check for determining criminal
record.
(3) Prior to transporting students on a school bus each driver shall meet the following requirements:
(a) Hold a valid commercial driver license with a passenger endorsement and a school bus endorsement.
(b) Successfully complete forty (40) hours of preservice training, which must include certified cardiopulmonary
resuscitation (CPR) and first aid training, and must consist of at least twenty (20) hours of classroom instruction and
eight (8) hours of behind-the-wheel training. The classroom instruction and behind-the-wheel training shall be based
upon the Department’s Basic School Bus Driver Curriculum, Revised 2006, which is hereby incorporated by reference
and made a part of this rule. This document may be obtained from the School Transportation Management Section,
Department of Education, 325 West Gaines Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399, at a cost not to exceed actual
production and distribution costs.
(c) Demonstrate the ability to prepare required written reports.
(d) Be physically capable of operating the vehicle as determined by physical examination, in accordance with 49
CFR 391.41, as evidenced by the Medical Examiner’s Certificate (Form MCSA-5876) and given by a certified medical
examiner, registered with the National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners, pursuant to 49 CFR 391.43 and as
determined by a dexterity test administered by the school district. Form MCSA-5876 (effective March 2016) is

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