![]() Granite County School District 9 is down 32 bus drivers, with many drivers calling out sick. McLean County Unit 5 is looking for substitute drivers. In central and southern Illinois, districts have flagged the need to fill permanent bus driver positions and substitutes.īloomington District 87 has 12 vacant bus driver positions. Some school bus driver companies that work under contract with Chicago are offering sign-up bonuses of as much as $3,000. The district plans to give $1,000 to families to cover the first two weeks of school and the mayor said she reached out to Uber and Lyft for help. On the first day of school in Chicago, that district was left scrambling to find transportation for almost 2,100 students because 10% of bus drivers resigned. The shortages have already impacted thousands of students in schools around the state. Vaccine mandates may also be impacting demand, she said. ![]() ![]() Some bus drivers burned out after an increase in summer routes due to summer school. In Illinois, a wave of early retirements and resignations contributed to the shortage, Lapa said. Illinois districts, in the midst of reopening schools after in-person learning had been suspended for over 18 months due to the coronavirus pandemic, are now also facing a bus driver shortage that has hit districts across the countryĪccording to a national survey by the National Association for Pupil Transportation and two other school transportation organizations, half of the almost 1,500 school transportation coordinators surveyed described their driver shortage as “severe” or “desperate.” About 78% said the shortage is getting “much worse” or “a little worse”Ī number of factors have contributed to the shortage, the survey found, including route changes because of COVID-19, a lengthy hiring process, and the rate of pay for drivers. ![]()
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