FMCSA Seeks to Extend Paperwork Tracking New Truck Driver Schooling
Regulation · Oct 20 · By Truker
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is preparing to ask the White House budget office to sign off on extending its existing data-gathering program for new commercial drivers' schooling. The program keeps a roster of approved instructional providers and passes along completion records to state licensing offices. Public feedback is being invited before the request moves forward.
The points
- 1FMCSA plans to send its renewal request to the Office of Management and Budget under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
- 2The effort covers the current system that enrolls schools and instructors offering training for first-time commercial drivers.
- 3State driver licensing agencies get records showing which individuals finished the required coursework.
- 4If OMB signs off, data collection on registered providers and completed training would carry on through 2030.
- 5The agency is welcoming public comments during the review process.
Why it matters
The renewal would keep in place the record-sharing link between approved training schools and state licensing offices that verifies whether new commercial drivers completed required instruction.
What we read
Federal Register FMCSA