Pupil Transportation Changes - MAY 2022 ADA Compliant 6-06-2022 - Utah State Board of Education
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Pupil Transportation Changes
MAY 2022
ADA Compliant 6-06-2022
LEAs are required to purchase and run a full query on new CDL drivers
LEAs are required to purchase and run a limited query on all CDL drivers annually
Cost for full and limited queries $1.25 per driver
This applies to all CDL employees at the LEA – Distribution Services,
Maintenance, Grounds, Transportation, etc.
Employers that fail to maintain and clear their CDL drivers for safety sensitive
positions through the Clearinghouse are subject to a $15,000 fine
Transportation Updates
USBE Hired a Fiscal Monitor to review transportation
◦ Create review processes for transportation data collection
◦ Provide site visits and review transportation processes and expenditures
Findings and Plans
◦ Comparison of district transportation costs
◦ 4 million dollars of 2700 transportation costs are reported to ineligible object codes which
are not eligible costs for state supported transportation funding
◦ USBE is planning to review all transportation costs for accuracy and provide a guidance on
reporting expenses to account for all eligible cost
Clean School Bus
Funding Highlights
5 Billion in funds
◦ 50% of funds for Electric School Buses
◦ 50% of funds for CNG and Propane School Buses
◦ Rebate program starts May 2022 – August 2022
◦ Grant program will start 2023 for four years
·ligible Applicants
State and local governmental
entities responsible for: 1)
providing bus service to 1 or Nonprofit Schoo[
more public school systems; Transportation Associations
or 2.) the purchase of school
buses.
Indian Tribes, Tribal
Organizations, or triba l ly
controlled schoo:ls
:1. High-need schoolll d11stiricts and lo,w-i'noome,areas 1
• Schooll districts listed in the,Smailll Area llnc,0 me and Poverty
1
Estimates 1 (SAIPE) Scho,ol District Estimat,es for 2020 as having ,20%, 1
or mo,re students,li1v1 ing ·1n poverty
• Schooll districts no,t iisted in the SAIP Edata, i c uding mo.st charter
s,choo,ls, thait:s,elf-cert1ify',as ha1
vii ,g 2,0% orr rmor,e,students hvin1
,g n
poverty. f PA m,oy as,k fo,r suppo,,rti,ng documentation,to confirm this
self-certificatio,n.
• Schooll districts lo,caited iin the U.S. Viir,gin llsllands,, Guam,, American
Sam,o,a, and the Commonw,ea th of the orthern ariana Islands
2,. Rural s,clhoolld~s,trricts
• School districts ide,ntifiied wiit h locale codes "43-Rural •' Remoite'' ,and
"42-Rurall: Distant" by the National Center fo,rr Education S,tafstics
(NCES)
3,. 'Tribal s,chool dlis,t ricts
• Bure,au of Indian Affairs funded school districts and s,chool distr"cts
th,at rece ive basic sup,port pa1yments,for chUdr,en who, r,e.s,ide on
lndi,an land
Scho 0 Bus 1
Maximum Bus Funding Amount pe,r R.ep lace,ment School Bus
1
R,e plac,e ment Bus Fuel Type and Siz,e
Rep lacement Sch,o,ol Distri,ct
ZE - ZE - CNG- CNG- Propane Propane
Prioritization
Funding Status Class 7+ Class 3-6 Class 7+ Class 3- - Class
7+
-Class
3,-6
6
Buses
serving
The maxi1 mum1rebate amouint per bus is, schoo,1
1
dle,pe1
111den1t on: distrkts that
• Bus Fuel Type, m,e et one or
$375,000 $285,000 $45,000 $30 000 $30,000 $25,000
• Bus, Si.z,e, mor,e
• Whether the schoo l district served prioritization
by_th~.bu~,es, m~et~ one or mo re 1
criteria
priorit1zat1on ,cntena
Buses
Ib e ta.ble di'sp._:la.ys maxi'm~m fundi~g levels.
1
serving other
EPA w1I I not disburse rebat,e funds 1n excess eligible
0if the a,ctual ,c,ost of the r,epla,c,e,ment bus $250,000 $190,000i $30,000 $,20,00D $20,000 $15,000
and any c,osts above the maximum unding schoo,il
level are the sole responsmb·lity of the dis.trkts
applicant/awan ee.
- Scho 0 I District 11 1
ZE - ,class 3.+
Infrastriu,ctu re
Pri 0 ritization Statius
1 1
Infrast ructu re Funding
Buses s,erving
Fundi ng sch o·ol districts that
1
1
m eet one 0,r m ore
1 1 1
$,20,000
Talk to yo ur uti lity now iif yo u are
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prio,ritizati o•n 1
interest ed ·in zero-e·missi on buses,!
1
criteri:a
Buses s,erving oth,:er 1
eligi'bl e sc:hool
Thiis ta1ble diispl.a1ys,t he· maximum funding
levels. EPA will noit disburs.e rebate funds in
1
districts
1
1
s· 3,ooo
excess of the actua ll infrastructure costs.
1Clean School Bus Application Process https://www.epa.gov/cleanschoolbus/prepare-clean-school-bus-funding 1. Stay Informed: Sign up for Clean School Bus Program news 2. Learn: Attend a Clean School Bus informational webinar 3. Set up all required accounts - Verify registration on SAM.gov 4. Create a Fleet Inventory to help identify best candidates for replacement
II Thank you,
Ron Litchfield
State Pupil Transportation Specialist
Utah State Board of Education
ron.Litchfield@schools.utah.gov
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