Pre-Service School Bus Training
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The Pre-Service School Bus Driver Training Program is available to all public, private and parochial schools in Ohio that have board-owned and operated school buses. Drivers who participate in the pre-service program must be sponsored by an agency providing school bus transportation.

The Pre-Service School Bus Driver Course is a competency-based program designed to train prospective school bus drivers before they drive a bus with children on board. It includes both classroom and practical components. This program also includes driver recertification, the Ohio Advance School Bus Driver Classes, In-service Programs, School Bus Driver ROAD-E-O events and School Bus Rider Safety Programs.

The state is divided into eight regions. A county superintendent within each region serves as the fiscal agent and employs a school bus instructor to deliver the program within that region.

Pre-Service Class Registration

Please use the class dates to the right to register your drivers.

When registering, please note that Supervisor Information is now at the top of the form.

If you receive an error message when submitting the registration, please be sure to check that all areas are filled out completely.

We remove the registration link the Friday prior to the start of class. If you need to register a driver for a class that starts the following week, you must contact the Pre-Service Office.

Pre-Service Rates (effective July 1, 2024):

New Driver: $150

Recert Driver: $100

New OBI: $100

Re-Cert OBI: $100

Supervisor: $150

In-Service 2nd and 3rd day: $55

Van Driver: $85

If you have questions, please contact: