Pupil Transportation

Welcome to Pupil Transportation

This page provides information and forms related to pupil transportation in Oregon.

• National School Bus Illegal Passing Survey
• School Bus Forms
  
• Activity Vehicle Forms & Manuals
  
• Annual Transportation Reports
• Site Visits/Reviews
  
• Training Materials & Events 
  
• Oregon Administrative Rules (OARs)

Contacts

• Transportation Contact List (statewide operations)
  or, submit your contact information; 
  or, send an email to remove inactive listed contacts at your location
  
• Administrative Team: buslicense@ode.oregon.gov
  
• Unit Management: brock.dittus@ode.oregon.gov
  
• Pupil Transportation Unit Directory
  

Hot Links

• Become A Bus Driver
  a one-page handy reference for anyone interested in the steps to becoming a school bus driver
  
• 2018 Oregon Pupil Transportation Manual
  
• 2018 Minimum Standards for Oregon School Buses
  
• Electronic Training File Instructions 
  for submission of approved training hours to our administrative team
  
• Pupil Transportation Listserv

  Sign up for the Pupil Transportation unit monthly newsletter
  

• Pupil Transportation Job Opportunities Listserv
  Sign up to receive announcements of school bus operation jobs statewide
  

• Initiate a request for an update to a district Supplemental Plan or request a Waiver to Transport
  Under ORS ORS 327.033 & 327.043 a district may request approval of a Supplemental Plan to account for transportation within the statutorily established walk distances from schools when health or safety conditions would merit.  A district may also request a waiver from the responsibility to provide transportation if they provide a sufficient plan to the State Board of Education; this includes alternative (active and transit) transportation under 2023's House Bill 3014.
  

• 2019 Diesel Emissions & Retrofit Memo
  

• 2019 November NTSB Recommendation
  

• Foster Care Information
  It is the responsibility of all parties involved (SEA, LEA, ODHS) to collaborate on a transportation plan in regard to students in Foster Care. The Ultimate responsibility lies with district in terms of ensuring means of transportation is provided; ODHS caseworkers or other ODHS staff cannot personally drive students as a long-term solution, as it is not a reimbursable transportation expense.

  Further guidance on this topic can be found here:

  • TAM pg 15
  • OAR 413-105-0030 
  • ORS 339.133
    

• McKinney-Vento Act: Students Navigating Houselessness Education Program

External Links

• Oregon Pupil Transportation Association
• Recall List Jan 1998-June 2005
• National School Bus Loading & Unloading Survey
• Alliance for Community Traffic Safety in Oregon
  
• DMV Guide to Oregon Driving Records & Standard Abbreviation Manual
  
• Busing On The Lookout
  Information on how school transportation partners can recognize and interrupt human trafficking