CDL — Bằng Lái Thương Mại in Massachusetts

🚌 School Bus (S) — additional Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts RMV

State credential

Massachusetts requires a state school bus driver certificate from the RMV (a CDL with passenger and school-bus endorsements); smaller school pupil transport vehicles instead use a separate 7D certificate.

Renewal / in-service

Certificates are valid one year (a 6-month certificate is issued for applicants over 70, insulin-dependent diabetics, or certain hypoglycemia histories). For the 7D school pupil transport certificate, 8 hours of in-service training is required for renewal (since July 1, 2020).

Other prerequisites

Hold a valid Class A, B, C, or D license for three continuous years before applying; meet the RMV medical standards for school bus / school pupil (7D) licenses; and pass the required written test. (7D new applicants additionally complete 2 hours of pre-service training.)