FY21ST Community Learning Center: Bus Driver

Applications will be accepted beginning
Wednesday, July 15, 2026 12:00 AM
(Eastern Standard Time)

Job Description

Job Summary - The Bus Driver is responsible for operating a school bus and transporting school-aged children and other authorized personnel safely and efficiently over specified routes to and from schools and various activities. The position conducts pre-trip inspections, observes safety regulations and policies, enforces student discipline on the bus, and performs related work.

Essential

Duties include:

• Checks with dispatch or area transportation supervisor for changes in duties or new student passengers.
• Ensures the bus can be operated safely before driving and conducts pre-trip safety inspections per federal and state laws, including visual defects and operating systems (brakes, horn, lights, emergency flashers, extended stop arms, door-opening devices).
• Operates the vehicle safely over an assigned route, picking up only authorized students at stops and ensuring no student left behind.
• Maintains assigned time schedules, including driving during pre-day light and dusk, and strives to be on time while ensuring safety.
• Obeys all traffic laws and transportation practices per the CDL manual, Bus Driver Handbook, School Board Policy and local ordinances.
• Observes all mandatory safety regulations for school buses and keeps all emergency exits clear of obstructions.
• Secures wheelchairs, car seats, and other restraining devices on the bus as needed.
• Maintains student discipline on the bus and enforces conduct rules.
• Reports undisciplined students to the proper authority and compiles written reports according to the bus driver handbook and the Student Rights and Responsibilities Handbook.
• Conducts semi-annual bus evacuation drills per Department of Education and implements evacuations in emergencies, including safe rear exit.
• Reports all accidents immediately, requests police or ambulance, assists injured persons until services arrive, and completes accident reports.
• Notifies the proper authority when there is mechanical failure, safety deficiencies, schedule deviation, or other incidents.
• Regulates heating, cooling and ventilating equipment on the bus for passenger comfort.
• Drives students and teachers on field trips, extracurricular activities and special events, often evenings and nights.
• Exercises responsible leadership and appropriate behavior on out-of-division school trips.
• Returns the bus to the assigned bus lot, performs a final inspection, and secures the bus according to procedures.
• Participates in all required training.
• Submits to drug testing when required.
• Maintains a commercial driver's license per the State Department of Transportation and holds Red Cross first aid/CPR certification.
• Models nondiscriminatory practices in all activities.