You must submit a current driving record from the Department of Motor Vehicles with your application to become a school bus driver.

• Drivers: $23.15 an hour

• Bus Attendants: $13.23 an hour

Rates are starting pay for the 24-25 school year

We help prepare you for a Commercial Driver's License from the Department of Motor Vehicles. After you acquire your learners, we will send you to the Health Services Dept. for a physical and a TB screening. After completing this and a background check with fingerprinting, you are ready to start training!

Training—Our paid training is on-site at Spotsylvania County Schools Office of Transportation Services. It consists of 48 hours of classroom training and a minimum of 24 hours of behind-the-wheel training.

Our training curriculum consists of:
- Classroom to acquire a CDL Learners Permit
- Department of Education Curriculum
- Department of Education Curriculum for Special Needs
- CPR, AED & First Aid Certification
- Behind-the-wheel training with a Certified Trainer
- Behind-the-wheel training with students, with a Certified Trainer

*Your preschool-aged children, ages one and up, are welcome to join you on the bus after completing training.

A proud history of transporting our children safely

Training Classes are held once per month. 

• Classroom Training 

  • 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

  • Lasts approximately 5 days

• Behind the Wheel Instruction

  • 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

  • Lasts approximately 5 days. 

• Ten Hours With Students 

  • During regular AM & PM bus runs, after all other testing is complete

All training is paid.