Georgia school bus drivers need at least 24 hours of initial training under GaDOE Rule 160-5-3-.08 and annual in-service, delivered by the local school system, on top of federal ELDT. ELDT365 handles the federal theory for $20 per course.
Per the Georgia School Bus Driver Training Manual, delivered by your local school system with GaDOE-certified instructor trainers.
The manual describes two 6-hour supervised BTW phases within the initial training. Your certified trainer signs them off.
Mandatory under O.C.G.A. 20-2-1125, tracked by the system.
The local school system. GaDOE certifies the instructor trainers; the system runs the course.
Federal theory for B, P and S, done before the 24-hour block or alongside it, filed the same day. Your system's certified trainer covers BTW under the system's registry listing.
Card on file or PO, W-9 and per-driver receipts provided.
Physical, background check, and the CLP with P and S knowledge tests.
Class B, Passenger and School Bus on ELDT365 before the 24-hour block starts. Filed the same day.
Per the Georgia School Bus Driver Training Manual, run by your local school system.
Inside the 24, signed off by your certified trainer. These are the federal BTW record if the system is on the registry.
Required by O.C.G.A. 20-2-1125 and tracked by the system.
Class B, Passenger and School Bus are $20 each per driver. A driver who needs all three is $60; a Class B holder adding the two endorsements is $40. Georgia fleets can put a card on file and be billed as they enroll, or prepay seats on a PO with a W-9 and a quote. No minimum and no contract. The federal explainer, pricing comparison and who-this-is-for detail are on the bus driver overview.
Georgia's 24-hour initial training under GaDOE Rule 160-5-3-.08 satisfies Georgia. It does not satisfy FMCSA. A driver getting a Class B, Passenger or School Bus endorsement for the first time since February 7, 2022 also needs a federal ELDT record from a provider on the Training Provider Registry before the GA skills test. The two records live in two different systems: the state training with the Georgia Department of Education, the ELDT with FMCSA.
Your local school system, using GaDOE-certified instructor trainers and the state training manual.
Annual in-service training under O.C.G.A. 20-2-1125. ELDT has no refresher.
No. GaDOE Rule 160-5-3-.08 sets the 24 hours as Georgia training delivered through the local system with certified instructor trainers. ELDT is a separate federal record. In practice most Georgia systems have new hires knock out the online ELDT theory the week before the 24-hour block so the instructor trainer never has to think about it.
Then nobody is filing it, and your drivers cannot take the skills test. Registering the school system as a BTW provider is free on tpr.fmcsa.dot.gov and takes an afternoon; your GaDOE-certified instructor trainer qualifies as the BTW instructor. We can walk your transportation director through it.
Moves to us: the federal theory for Class B, Passenger and School Bus, and the FMCSA filing. Stays with you: Georgia's 24-hour initial training under GaDOE Rule 160-5-3-.08, behind-the-wheel, the physical, drug testing and background checks. Nothing about your Georgia certificate changes.
Free school account, $20 per course per driver, filed to the FMCSA registry the same day. Georgia's 24-hour initial training under GaDOE Rule 160-5-3-.08 stays exactly where it is.
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