{"id":40,"date":"2018-06-21T14:50:40","date_gmt":"2018-06-21T21:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kern.org\/transportation\/?page_id=40"},"modified":"2025-10-13T22:28:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T22:28:39","slug":"driver-requirements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kern.org\/transportation-services\/driver-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver Requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following is a list of procedures a potential trainee must go through to obtain a school bus driver\u2019s certificate:<\/p>\n

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  1. Minimum requirements: 18 years<\/li>\n
  2. 20 hours of classroom instruction (minimum) with a state certified instructor.<\/li>\n
  3. Physical examination (DOT) with drug and alcohol screening<\/li>\n
  4. After classroom completion, obtain a California Commercials learners permit upon successfully passing the General Knowledge test, Passenger endorsement, School Bus endorsement, and Air Brake endorsement through the DMV.<\/li>\n
  5. CHP Interview, fingerprinting, background check and submit a current Department of Motor Vehicle \u201cDriver History Report\u201d ($57 cash to CHP)<\/li>\n
  6. CHP Written exam on rules and regulations and first aid<\/li>\n
  7. District sponsorship and behind-the-wheel training; 20 hours minimum.<\/li>\n
  8. Successfully complete and pass the CHP Behind-the-Wheel drive test.<\/li>\n
  9. A temporary certificate is issued after a successful drive test.<\/li>\n
  10. Proof submitted to DMV upon successful completion.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    For further information on becoming a school bus driver please contact:<\/p>\n

    Kern County Superintendent of Schools
    \nTransportation Training Department<\/strong>
    \n(661) 852-5895<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The following is a list of procedures a potential trainee must go through to obtain a school bus driver\u2019s certificate: Minimum requirements: 18 years 20 hours of classroom instruction (minimum) with a state certified instructor. Physical examination (DOT) with drug and alcohol screening After classroom completion, obtain a California Commercials learners permit upon successfully passing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":95,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-40","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kern.org\/transportation-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kern.org\/transportation-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kern.org\/transportation-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kern.org\/transportation-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kern.org\/transportation-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/kern.org\/transportation-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":241,"href":"https:\/\/kern.org\/transportation-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40\/revisions\/241"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kern.org\/transportation-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kern.org\/transportation-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}