Class Schedule and Registration
2024 PRESERVICE AND RECERTIFICATION TRAINING SCHEDULE Click here
2025 PRESERVICE AND RECERTIFICATION TRAINING SCHEDULE Click here
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Attendance on the first day of class is MANDATORY–NO EXCEPTIONS.
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Class and Van Driver Applicant Payment
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Effective July 1, 2024, class fees change to costs indicated in bold below
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Click "Pay Here" to make an online credit card payment for the Preservice class ($150.00), Recertification class ($100.00), a van driver application ($85.00), or a bus driver drug test payment ($42.00 --Ashtabula County districts only).
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Indicate your Invoice # or driver(s) name under the "Comments" section when paying.
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SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND COMPANIES ONLY are permitted to use this form of payment--individuals are not permitted to pay for their own class or van driver application.
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Please note that there is a 3% fee for using a credit card.
Any questions, please email Laurie Powers (laurie.powers@ashtabulaesc.org).
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Van Driver Certification
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Cost = $85.00 payable by credit card (see above), school purchase order, school check, or money order
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Email application, test answers, driver evaluation form, and proof of payment to laurie.powers@ashtabulaesc.org or you can U.S. mail them to the ACESC.
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Handwritten test answer sheets only - typed test answer sheets will not be accepted.
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Open a T9 in SFPS and submit the T9 for processing.
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Van tests are to be completed independently by each driver after they have reviewed the manual and watched the video. Completing the final exam is not to be done as a group.
Ohio School Van Driver Training Video
Click for link to forms: Application, Answer Sheet, Driver Evaluation Form
*Forms were updated January 2024 - please discard old forms, these will not be accepted
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Class Resources
AIR BRAKE TEST – STEP BY STEP
DRUG LIST * NEW *
DISABILITIES THAT MIGHT AFFECT A STUDENT’S BEHAVIOR ON THE BUS
SCHOOL BUS CRASH TEST INSIDE AND OUT
LEE CANTER’S ASSERTIVE DISCIPLINE FOR BUS DRIVERS
OHIO COMMERCIAL DRIVERS LICENSE MANUAL (2015)
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Road-E-O
HOW TO MAKE NEW STANCHIONS (UPDATED 11/19/2024)
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LINK TO REGISTER FOR 2024 ROAD-E-O:
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LINK TO REGISTER AS A VOLUNTEER FOR 2024 ROAD-E-O:
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On-Bus Instructor Information
TESTING FORMS (UPDATED NOVEMBER 2024): DRIVING EVALUATION PRETRIP INSPECTION
OHIO PRE-SERVICE OBI REQUIREMENTS (UPDATED OCTOBER 2021)
T-9 FORM (2022) UPDATED FORM
OBI LOGBOOK (REVISED JUNE 2022)
LOGBOOK EXAMPLE
OBI “TO DO” LIST * NEW FORM *
ELDT PRESERVICE TRAINING CERTIFICATION APPLICATION
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Links
SCHOOL BUS STANDARDS AND INSPECTION MANUAL
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION - OFFICE OF DRUG & ALCOHOL POLICY & COMPLIANCE
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FMCSA Entry Level Driver Training (ELDT) Information
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