Transportation
Welcome to the Tennessee Department of Education student transportation homepage.
As school buses provide services for students to and from school and school activities, safety remains the department’s number one priority. With this in mind, the department is committed to providing all transportation supervisors with high-quality training and necessary resources to ensure that all buses are properly maintained. In addition, all drivers must meet strict licensing requirements, including successful completion of driver training, background checks, and drug and alcohol testing.
Tennessee schools transport approximately 700,000 students a day on approximately 8,700 bus routes in districts and charters across the diverse terrain of city, urban, and rural routes.
The department rules on all waiver requests from public school officials; coordinates the development of new or revised State Board rules and regulations; determines pupil transportation equipment specifications approves and issues or rejects overload permits; distributes school bus accident, medical examination, and annual statistical report forms to local school districts; collects, compiles and analyzes data from accidents involving school buses; and, allocates pupil transportation funds to local school districts.
Alex Spann
Student Transportation Consultant
Office of School Safety and Transportation
Andrew Johnson Tower, 10th floor
710 James Robertson Parkway
Nashville, TN 37243
(615) 532-1699
Mission
To provide safe, reliable, and efficient transportation services for all children with a focus on continuous improvement that supports positive learning experiences.
Vision
To be recognized as an integral member of the school community; a model of excellence in safety and reliability with zero student injury accidents.
Professional Organizations
- National School Transportation Association
- National Association of Pupil Transportation
- National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services
- National Congress on School Transportation
- TAPT- Tennessee Association of Pupil Transportation
Training
- Commercial Driver License Manual
- NHTSA Bus Driver In-Service Safety Series
- Operation Lifesaver
- TSA: First Observer Plus
- Entry Level Driver Training (ELDT)
- Training Provider Registry (TPR)
- FMCSA Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse
Law
Government
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