CDL — Bằng Lái Thương Mại in Indiana

🚌 School Bus (S) — additional Indiana requirements

Beyond the federal CDL School Bus knowledge + skills test, this state adds its own school-bus driver credential. (Practice here covers the knowledge test only.)

Administering agency

Indiana Department of Education (DOE) & BMV

State credential

Indiana requires the school-bus (S) endorsement on the license (mandatory since October 1, 2005), earned via the passenger and school-bus knowledge tests, an S-endorsed CDL learner's permit, and a skills test in a representative school bus.

Initial training

40 hours minimum

Renewal / in-service

A physical examination certificate from an examiner in the FMCSA National Registry, valid 24 months; drivers must meet the state physical-performance standards.

Other prerequisites

A driver with less than 30 days of school-bus driving experience in the prior three years must complete a preservice school bus driver safety education course (not to exceed 40 hours); pass the FMCSA-registry physical (24-month validity); and demonstrate physical-performance tasks (exit from a seat-belted position, climb/descend the service-door steps twice, open/close the service door twice).