School Board Backs Bill For Bus Drivers

By Alyssa Riccardi BRICK – Members

of the Brick Township Board of Education recently voted to support a bill allowing Type S school buses as the struggle to find school bus drivers continues.

The goal of the bill is to help with the current hiring crisis, allowing drivers without a commercial driver’s license (CDL) to operate small school vehicles that can carry a maximum of nine passengers.

All school bus drivers are required to obtain a “Type S” license in New Jersey, which consist of all the requirements of a traditional bus driver. In addition, the state requires them to also get at commercial license as well.

The bills, S-3203 and A-4835, were introduced last year and were approved by their respective committees. The bills propose that “Type S” drivers can forego the CDL.

“Our hope is that we could potentially get more drivers, because we’re short, if we were able to only require the Type S endorsement, which they have already, and not require the CDL for a 10-passenger vehicle of less,” school (Bus - See Page 6)

By Alyssa Riccardi

vironmental advocacy.

This is the 11th Green Fair which was once again held outdoors at the at the Bob Anstett Cultural Arts Center located on Herberts - ville Road. The event featured several presentations and vendors as well as some new exhibitions.

“Last year we brought the event back after a few years off due to COVID pandemic. With that in mind, we also moved it outdoors last year for the first time in a number of (Green - See Page 4)