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Class Schedule and Registration
2024 PRESERVICE AND RECERTIFICATION TRAINING SCHEDULE
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Attendance on the first day of class is MANDATORY–NO EXCEPTIONS.
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Class and Van Driver Applicant Payment
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Click "Pay Here" to make an online credit card payment for the Preservice class ($85), Recertification class ($60), a van driver application ($60), or a bus driver drug test payment ($42) (Ashtabula County districts only).
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Indicate your Invoice # or driver(s) name under the "Comments" section when paying.
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SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND COMPANIES ONLY are permitted to use this form of payment--individuals are not permitted to pay for their own class or van driver application.
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Please note that there is a 3% fee for using a credit card.
Any questions, please email Laurie Powers (laurie.powers@ashtabulaesc.org).
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Van Driver Certification
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Cost = $60 payable by credit card (see above), school purchase order, school check, or money order
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Mail original application, test answers, driver evaluation form, and payment to the ACESC or email them to laurie.powers@ashtabulaesc.org.
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Handwritten test answer sheets only - typed test answer sheets will not be accepted. Tests are to be take
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Include a copy of Van Driver Evaluation Form
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Open a T9 in SFPS
Van tests are to be completed independently by each driver after they have reviewed the manual and watched the video. Completing the final exam is not to be done as a group. ​
Ohio School Van Driver Training Video
Click for link to forms: Application, Answer Sheet, Driver Evaluation Form
*Forms updated January 2024 - please discard old forms and begin using these forms
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Class Resources
AIR BRAKE TEST – STEP BY STEP
DRUG LIST * NEW *
DISABILITIES THAT MIGHT AFFECT A STUDENT’S BEHAVIOR ON THE BUS
SCHOOL BUS CRASH TEST INSIDE AND OUT
LEE CANTER’S ASSERTIVE DISCIPLINE FOR BUS DRIVERS
OHIO COMMERCIAL DRIVERS LICENSE MANUAL (2015)
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Road-E-O
HOW TO MAKE NEW STANCHIONS (3/1/2022)
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LINK TO REGISTER FOR 2024 ROAD-E-O:
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LINK TO REGISTER AS A VOLUNTEER FOR 2024 ROAD-E-O:
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On-Bus Instructor Information
OHIO PRE-SERVICE OBI REQUIREMENTS (UPDATED 10-2021)
T-9 FORM (2022) UPDATED FORM
2022 TESTING FORMS
OBI LOGBOOK (REVISED 6-2022)
LOGBOOK EXAMPLE
OBI “TO DO” LIST * NEW FORM *
ELDT PRESERVICE TRAINING CERTIFICATION APPLICATION
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Links
2023 SCHOOL BUS STANDARDS AND INSPECTION MANUAL (NOVEMBER 2023)
2023 SCHOOL BUS STANDARDS AND INSPECTION MANUAL - UPDATES
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION - OFFICE OF DRUG & ALCOHOL POLICY & COMPLIANCE
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FMCSA Entry Level Driver Training (ELDT) Information
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