2023-08-24 20:12:04 +0000 UTC
Recruiting Drivers for PRPS Bus Routes
<p>The School Bus Driver Grant is available to all school authorities to support the training of Class 2 and Class 4 school bus drivers that transport students to and from their schools. </p><p><i>To be eligible for the grant, drivers must have started training on or after April 1, 2023.</i> </p><p>School authorities will apply on behalf of drivers employed by a school bus contractor that are operating a route for their school division. For the Training Costs and Driver Reimbursement Grant, school authorities must ensure that the driver reimbursement portion of the grant is passed along to the contractor so that they can reimburse their driver. Applications should only be submitted for full-time, part-time or spare drivers that will be transporting students to and from school. School staff that are only transporting students for extracurricular trips are not eligible for this funding. </p><figure class="table"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Training Costs and Driver Reimbursement Grant</strong></td></tr><tr><td><ul><li>As described in Section 3.2.7 of the <i>2023/24 Funding Manual for School Authorities</i>.</li><li>The grant is available for new Class 2 and Class 4 drivers upon successful completion of driver training and testing.</li><li>Driver reimbursement amount is provided directly to the driver, less any amounts retained by the driver’s employer for payroll premiums, including CPP/EI and WCB.</li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table></figure><figure class="table"><table><tbody><tr><td>New Class 2 Driver</td><td>Driver Reimbursement: up to $1,200</td></tr><tr><td>New Class 4 Driver</td><td>Driver Reimbursement: up to $600</td></tr></tbody></table></figure><p>Interested parties are asked to contact Prairie Rose Public Schools Director of Transportation Derek Beck at 403-527-5516 or [email protected].</p>
