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[ November 20, 2024 ] School Bus Drivers – Safety is Paramount Featured
[ November 12, 2024 ] Working For Workers Five Act – How it Affects Employers Featured
[ September 26, 2024 ] Tired of School Bus Delays and Cancellations? Featured
[ August 30, 2024 ] CONCERNS MOUNT AS REGIONAL SCHOOL BUS OPERATORS STRUGGLE TO PAY FOR BASICS WHILE “DISASTROUS” FUNDING FORMULA TAKES HOLD Featured
[ May 7, 2024 ] New Core Education Funding 2024/25 Featured

School Bus Drivers – Safety is Paramount

Driver Responsibilities Ontario School bus drivers are held to the highest standards of safety, supervision, and preparedness considering the critical role they play in our […]

Working For Workers Five Act – How it Affects Employers

New Rules for Ontario’s Employers Ontario’s Bill 190, called the Working for Workers Five Act, 2024, has received royal assent and includes amendments to a […]

Tired of School Bus Delays and Cancellations?

Tell your MPP to fix the funding formula to prevent more cancellations, delays! Send a letter here!

CONCERNS MOUNT AS REGIONAL SCHOOL BUS OPERATORS STRUGGLE TO PAY FOR BASICS WHILE “DISASTROUS” FUNDING FORMULA TAKES HOLD

“September of Discontent” Could Lead to Student Bus Disruptions as Operating Costs Soar Aug. 30, 2024 – The Ontario Government has severely slashed funding for […]

New Core Education Funding 2024/25

May 2024 The Ministry of Education has released the 2024/25 school year funding – which has been renamed from Grants for Student Needs (GSN) to […]

Update on R&R Bonus

Retention and Recruitment Bonus Fall 2024 The eligibility criteria for the R & R have changed from the former Driver Retention Program (DRP) and each […]

Ontario Minimum Wage Increases

On Oct. 1, 2023 Ontario’s minimum wage, the lowest wage employers are permitted to pay their workers per hour, rose from $15.50 to $16.55, a 6.8 […]

How to find Information on Bus Routes

Parents & Caregivers Please note that School Bus Ontario (SBO) does NOT have information on individual school bus routes. To find information about your child’s […]

Back-to-School: Bus Safety First

Fall 2023 Top tips for school bus safety: STOP for the school bus! Every day in every region of Ontario, there are reports of motorists […]

Important information about your MVIS licence renewal for 2024

MVIS LICENCE RENEWAL – 2024 August 4, 2023 Message from MTO to School Bus Ontario Recently I wrote to you to advise of the Ministry […]