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Chandler Unified launches $600,000 pilot to shore up bus driver workforce with stipends, PTO payout options
Summary
Board unanimously approved a pilot program using one-time fund balance to pay stipends and PTO payouts aimed at retaining and recruiting bus drivers; district estimates roughly $600,000 cost spread across this and next fiscal year.
Chandler Unified trustees unanimously approved a pilot program on March 26 to address a local and national school bus driver shortage by paying targeted stipends and allowing limited PTO payouts for transportation staff.
District presenters told the board the pilot will use one-time funds from the unreserved fund balance and is intended to incent current drivers to keep working combined or hard-to-fill routes and to attract new hires. Administrators estimated the program will cost about $600,000 in total — roughly $300,000 in the current fiscal year and $300,000 in the next fiscal year if sustained.
Key elements approved
- Combined-route stipends: Back pay for roughly 60 drivers who have covered combined routes during the current year and a $500 stipend for qualifying drivers for the fourth quarter; in the next fiscal year…
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