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Board hears committee warning that DMV rules could sharply reduce drivers‑ed and bus staffing
Summary
A Cleveland County Schools committee told the board that new Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) policies and changes to DOT physical requirements could cut the district's pool of certified drivers-instructors and threaten bus-driver availability, and the safety committee asked the attorney for an opinion on DMV training restrictions.
Members of the Cleveland County Schools safety and operations committee warned the full board on Monday that recent DMV policy changes threaten the district's ability to train new driver's education instructors and could sideline bus drivers through stricter DOT physical requirements.
The committee reported a shortage of instructors for driver's education, with staffing at roughly half of the usual levels. "We have 8 instructors and normally we have 14 or 15," a committee presenter said, noting the DMV currently accepts only…
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