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Board approves new bus driver certification forms after state law shift
Summary
The Elizabethton Board approved updated bus-driver certification forms required after recent state legislation shifted certification responsibility to local school systems; the packet includes forms for new and returning drivers developed by transportation staff.
The Elizabethton Board of Education voted to approve updated bus driver certification forms after the board was told recent state legislation transfers responsibility for portions of driver certification to school systems.
Director Van Huss said the packet before the board was developed by the transportation department (Hutchins and Hopson) and contains two forms: one for new drivers and one for returning drivers that collect different information depending on whether the driver is starting or renewing certification. Van Huss said "part of the statute is that the board will approve that certification form."
Board members had no further questions and approved the forms by voice vote with no opposition recorded.
The district did not specify the statute number in the meeting; staff said the forms reflect the components required by the state and that school transportation will implement the forms as part of annual certification processes.
