Kentucky Department of Education

 

Annual School Bus Incident Report Totals
Kentucky collects incident totals from each school year and the findings are reported in these reports.

 

Buster Bynum Scholarship Available
Two Kentucky public high school seniors will be eligible to receive the Southeastern States Pupil Transportation Conference Buster Bynum Scholarship. The scholarship recipients will be able to apply the award toward college costs for the 2012-13 school year. The Buster Bynum Scholarship is a one-time, $1,000 education scholarship awarded to two ... More

 

Kentucky Standard School Bus Insurance Endorsement
Kentucky Standard School Bus Endorsement Memorandum   Per 702 KAR 5:030 (www.lrc.ky.gov/kar/702/005/030.htm), the Kentucky Department of Education requires liability or indemnity insurance for buses and sets the coverage limits.  If there are pupils transported on school buses or other vehicles contracted to the board, the board must enter into an agreement ... More

 

National School Bus Loading and Unloading Surveys
Each year data is collected on the number students killed in the loading and unloading 'zone' or area around a school bus. Older data may be obtained at http://www.ksde.org/Default.aspx?tabid=346 .

 

Position Papers - Transportation
Please review the Kentucky Department of Education position on the issues listed below.  These documents serve as guidelines for the Kentucky Pupil Transportation Program.

 

Pupil Transportation Directory
The Driver Trainer Directory contains names of all the individuals in the Commonwealth of Kentucky who can train school bus drivers.  Information is updated annually.  Any requests for changes or additions to this directory should be sent by email to Samantha Engstrom at Samantha.Engstrom@education.ky.gov. 

 

Transportation Director's Seminar Nov 2 2011
KDE conducted a one day seminar for transportation directors on November 2, 2011 and the powerpoints from some of the presentations are available below.