The Department will begin accepting applications for the Maine School Bus Purchase Program on Nov. 1. Continue reading “School bus purchase program applications open Nov. 1”
Category: Transportation
Maine Bus Driver of Year named
The Maine Association for Pupil Transportation announced Annesa Chambers as Bus Driver of the Year. Chambers has worked for MSAD 15 (Gray, New Gloucester) for 25 years.
School bus refurbishment: shorter subsidy turnaround in August
Fiscal Year 2012-13 subsidy is available when districts contract school bus refurbishment by August 31, 2012.
Typically, districts receive subsidy during the fiscal year following the contract. However, contracts signed during August 2012 will receive subsidy in the current fiscal year. Continue reading “School bus refurbishment: shorter subsidy turnaround in August”
Transportation data form (EF-M-43) for year ending June 30, 2012 is not required, but due in 2013
UPDATE: Please not that the form for the year ending June 30, 2013 is due, as of Sept. 15, 2013. It can be accessed here: http://www.maine.gov/education/forms/misteam/efm43/efm43menu.htm. If you have not yet completed that, please do so as soon as possible. Please contact Paula Gravelle with any questions at 624-6792 or paula.b.gravelle@maine.gov.
School bus VIN numbers requested
In the interest of efficiency, productivity and service, the Maine Department of Education is working to computerize and automate school bus transportation documents, moving away from the traditional paper process. To do this, we need the help of school districts.
Please report school bus order cancellations
Will a second round of school bus purchase approvals be available for 2012-13?
Typically, each year, for a variety of reasons, a few districts decide not to purchase school buses which were approved for state subsidy. If the state receives school bus cancellations from schools then the Maine DOE can approve a second round of bus purchase approvals.
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School bus refurbishment pilot program subsidy now available
Maine’s public schools now have two choices when making operational decisions about school buses.
- Refurbishment of mid-life buses in need of major body and structural repairs through the Maine Department of Education’s School Bus Refurbishment Pilot Program.
- New bus purchases through the Maine DOE’s School Bus Purchase Program.
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Bus drivers offered training at regional conferences
Note: This dispatch was updated on April 5 at 9:13 a.m. to correct an error in information supplied about registration.
The Maine Association for Pupil Transportation is sponsoring six free conferences this spring in every Maine region to provide training to transportation personnel in all Maine school districts.
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School bus purchases approved for 2012-13
The School Bus Purchase Program award list for 2012-13 bus purchases is now available on the Maine Department of Education’s Pupil Transportation website.
School districts on the list are approved to purchase the bus or buses listed. Those districts not on the list can apply for the 2013-14 cycle of bus purchase funds between Nov. 1 and 25, 2012.
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The safest way to get to school? The yellow bus
About 81 percent of Maine students rely on the school bus to get them to school each day ready to learn.
And for good reason.
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