Board approves second reading to shorten required motor-vehicle record review for employees who drive district vehicles

The Bullitt County Board of Education approved a second reading to revise policy language governing employees who drive district-owned vehicles or transport students, reducing the required motor-vehicle-record (MVR) lookback period from five years to three years.

Why it matters: The change alters the district’s vetting period for driving history and modifies reporting expectations for traffic citations and accidents.

What the policy change says: During the second reading, the motion to change the wording of policy 03.2321 and policy 03.1321 was presented. The revised language reads, in part: “Employees who have occasion to drive any board owned vehicle and or transport students shall provide the superintendent with a copy of their 5 year driving record from the Kentucky Department of Transportation, then annually provide the 3 year driving record. Any traffic citation received during the year shall be reported to the superintendent prior to driving a board owned vehicle or transporting students. The employee's driving history record must show the previous 3 years and reflect the following no moving violations in the last 3 years, no at fault accidents in the past 3 years. Employees who will be transporting students must attend a training provided by the Department of Transportation. Driving privileges may be revoked for employees moving violation or at fault accident.” The primary change noted in the discussion was the reduction from a five-year to a three-year MVR requirement.

Board action: The second reading was moved and seconded on the record; the board voted 5–0 to approve the second reading of the policy changes.

Next steps: As a second-reading action voted at the meeting, the revised policy wording will be in effect as approved by the board in this session per the district’s policy-adoption rules.