Boost Your Income & Benefit Local Students

“Driving a school bus can be a great way to earn extra income without giving up your current job. Our flexible scheduling allows you to keep your regular work while supporting local students.” Dr. Brad Boykin, assistant superintendent of Business Services

Key Benefits

Bulloch County Schools offers a free Commercial Drivers License Training Program on Saturdays
Opportunity Pays A $250 stipend;
Become a bus driver either full-time, part-time or a flexible schedule you can pair with your current job

Looking to boost income, enjoy flexible hours, & make a difference in community?

Bulloch County Schools is offering paid Saturday training to help local residents earn their Commercial Driver’s License and be a school bus driver during times that meet your schedule.

This opportunity is ideal for individuals with home-based businesses, farmers, stay-at-home parents or anyone seeking bi-vocational or part-time employment. The district’s Saturday Training Program allows participants to train for a Class B Commercial Driver's License with Passenger and School Bus Endorsements. It pays a $250 stipend, plus an income if hired. It’s the perfect time to work full-time or part-time as a bus driver or the district’s flexible schedules give you the option to pair being a bus driver with your current job.

Applicants With or Without Experience Welcome

No experience is necessary. You can take advantage of the Saturday Training Program no matter how much experience you have or what type of license you currently hold.The Transportation Department will tailor the training based on your needs.

You can begin at any level:

Do not have a Commercial Driver's License Permit
Have a Commercial Driver's License Permit
Have a Commercial Driver's License (Class A or Class B)

Interested? These are Your Next Steps

How to Apply

During certain Saturdays this school year, you can attend classes to obtain your Commercial Driver's License and endorsements. This will make you qualified to drive a school bus to enable you to take students on either activity trips, daily bus routes, or both, depending on your availability.

The school district has both bus driver and substitute bus driver jobs posted online for interested applicants. Simply complete an online application, and designate that you are interested in attending the Saturday option for training. If you need assistance, you may also visit the Transportation Department at 219 Simons Road in Statesboro or call 912.212.8640.

Apply to be a Bus Driver

Apply to be a Substitute / Part-Time Bus Driver

Requirements Prior to Completing Training

Applicants must clear a background check process. Once your application is received, the Transportation Department will reach out to you to discuss your interest and communicate how to schedule the background check.
After successful completion of the background check, you must have your motor vehicle record run by the Transportation Department
Pass a physical and a drug and alcohol test

It would be helpful, but not required, to have these completed prior to beginning your training, so that this doesn’t become a barrier that prevents successful completion.

Training for Applicants Who Have a Commercial Driver's License

Training for Individuals with a CDL Permit

If you already have your CDL Permit, you will only need to attend five days of Saturday training in order to be ready to take your third-party test. This will take place during a weekday in Effingham County, and our Transportation Department will assist you with scheduling it. You would then need to drive a bus for six hours with students. This can be done during morning and afternoon bus routes over a two-day period.

Training for Applicants Who Do Not Have A Commercial Driver's License

Don’t have a Commercial Driver's License? No worries. You have these options:

Take Bulloch County Schools' Commercial Driver's License Prep Course
- It can be done as part of the Saturday Training Program by adding one Saturday for the prep course. This will prepare you to take the test; or
Study on your own
- Use these free online guides to study and prepare for your test; then
  - Find free practice tests online
  - Watch our video test review
Take the Commercial Driver's License Test
- Go to the Georgia Department of Driver Services in Bulloch County or other location to take the required test
  - You will need to take and pass the General Knowledge, Air Brakes, Passenger, and School Bus assessments; then
Complete the Saturday Training Program's Remaining Five Sessions

An adult employee with two young elementary students. Holding their hands to guide them to their school bus

Saturday Training Program Sessions Schedule for 2025/2026

Training is available on the following Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 12 noon at Bulloch County Schools' Transportation Maintenance & Technology Annex located a 219 Simons Road in Statesboro. Based on the training you need, you must commit to either five or six days of training when you apply:

November 15, December 13, January 17, January 31, February 21, March 7, March 21, April 4, April 18.

When Do I Receive the $250 Stipend?

Once you have successfully completed the Saturday Training Program, the third party testing, and the additional six hours with students, you will be eligible to drive in any capacity for Bulloch County Schools. Those who successfully complete training and complete the onboarding process with Bulloch County Schools will receive a $250 stipend.

Available Driving & Income Options

Theses are driving options you have once you obtain your license?

Drive for Activity Trips (i.e. sports and extracurriculars)
- Earn $25 per hour
Drive for Morning or Afternoon Bus Routes, or Both (based on your availability)
- $45 per route (morning or afternoon)
- $90 per day if driving for both
- If you drive a double route, you are paid an additional $30 per double

School buses arriving to school as the sun is rising

More Than Miles: A Legacy of Citizens Stepping Up to Drive School Buses

Local citizens driving school buses as either a primary or bi-vocational job is not a new concept. School bus drivers in the 19th and early 20th Centuries were local farmers, business owners, parents and grandparents, who gave of their time to help ensure children could get to school. In fact the Blue Bird Body Company, a major manufacturer of school buses, got its start in Fort Valley, Georgia in 1927, when Albert L. Luce Sr., who owned the Ford dealership, built a bus body on the truck chassis of a customer’s vehicle who was working as a drive students to school.

That spirit of helping the community’s children get to school still exists in Bulloch County today. Many of Bulloch County Schools’ drivers are farmers, small business and home-based business owners, retirees, parents and grandparents. For instance, there are even parents who have become bus drivers to drive for athletic trips. It's a great opportunity for parents and grandparents of student athletes since bus drivers get into away sports events for free.

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