Pennsylvania splits its school bus training in two: 10 hours before the skills test and 10 more within 120 days after the S endorsement issues, under 67 Pa. Code Chapter 71. Federal ELDT sits underneath both halves. ELDT365 handles the federal theory for $20 per course.
7 hours classroom, 3 hours in-bus, under 67 Pa. Code 71.5. Required before a driver can carry children or take the skills test.
Same split. The instructor notifies PennDOT; no notification within 150 days means suspension of the S endorsement.
10 hours (7 classroom, 3 in-bus), plus the 25-question school bus knowledge exam and a skills evaluation.
Pennsylvania holds the CLP 15 days before the skills test for most upgrades. The school bus physical (DL-704) is annual.
Contractors, Intermediate Units (Colonial IU 20, for example), technical career centers and districts, all under PennDOT's School Bus Driver Trainer Program.
Federal theory for B, P and S, done during the 15-day permit hold so it is filed before the skills test. Contractors here have told the press certification takes about twelve weeks end to end; the theory is one week of that you can remove.
State police criminal history and child abuse history checks, then the permit with the P and S knowledge tests. Pennsylvania holds the permit 15 days before most skills tests.
Class B, Passenger and School Bus on ELDT365, filed the same day. The hold is the natural window; the record is on the registry before the driver is even eligible to test.
With your PennDOT-certified trainer at the contractor, IU or district. Required before the skills test and before carrying children.
Behind-the-wheel with your trainer counts as the federal BTW record under your registry listing. PennDOT checks the registry before the test.
Same 7 plus 3 split. Your trainer notifies PennDOT; no notification within 150 days and the S endorsement is suspended. Recert is 10 hours every four years.
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. Pennsylvania 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.
Pennsylvania's 20 school bus hours under 67 Pa. Code Chapter 71 satisfies Pennsylvania. 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 PA skills test. The two records live in two different systems: the state training with PennDOT, the ELDT with FMCSA.
PennDOT-certified school bus driver instructors at contractors, Intermediate Units, technical centers and districts.
10 hours (7 classroom, 3 in-bus) every four years, plus the knowledge exam and a skills evaluation. ELDT has no refresher.
The regulation, 67 Pa. Code 71.5, splits it: 10 hours before the skills test, 10 within 120 days after the S endorsement. The web page is a simplification. Your IU or contractor trainer schedules both halves.
Moves to us: the federal theory for Class B, Passenger and School Bus, and the FMCSA filing. Stays with you: Pennsylvania's 20 school bus hours under 67 Pa. Code Chapter 71, behind-the-wheel, the physical, drug testing and background checks. Nothing about your Pennsylvania certificate changes.
Free school account, $20 per course per driver, filed to the FMCSA registry the same day. Pennsylvania's 20 school bus hours under 67 Pa. Code Chapter 71 stays exactly where it is.
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