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DMV outlines school bus instructor standards, endorsement rules and safety tools including seat-belt and camera options
Summary
DMV officials described certification requirements for school-bus clinic instructors, the state's unique endorsement for non‑CDL school-bus drivers, and discussed seat-belt mandates and red‑light camera enforcement options used in other jurisdictions.
Pat, the DMV Education Unit supervisor, briefed the House Transportation Committee on the agency’s school-bus training, certification and safety initiatives, including instructor qualifications, a state school‑bus endorsement for non‑CDL vehicles and national data the DMV uses for safety assessments.
"The administration of school bus program is overseen by me. It has 23 certified school bus clinic instructors," Pat said, describing the clinic-instructor model used for statewide training. He told the panel that certified clinic instructors are not DMV employees; to qualify they must hold a Class B CDL with passenger and school-bus endorsements and have approximately ten years’ experience driving school buses…
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