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Iowa House approves bill allowing federal ELDT to qualify as school bus training; bill passes 94–1
Summary
The Iowa House passed House File 395 to accept federal Entry Level Driver Training (ELDT) as an approved course for school bus drivers when it contains passenger- and school-bus-endorsement curriculum, and to direct the Departments of Education and Transportation to create a single statewide training standard. Vote: 94–1, 5 absent.
The Iowa House on Tuesday approved House File 395 to ease requirements for school bus driver certification and help address a statewide driver shortage. Representative Tom Moore, the bill’s sponsor, said the measure "will require the Department of Education to accept proof that a person successfully completed their entry level driver's training, ELDT, as an approved course of instruction for school bus…
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