The complaint further alleged that the missed bus trips caused the riding public along the affected bus lines to suffer. The State’s complaint alleged that Academy engaged in an “extensive multi-year, multi-million-dollar fraud” by failing to report tens of thousands of missed bus trips between April 2012 and December 2018. In November 2020, the State intervened in a former Academy employee’s whistleblower lawsuit against the company, which advertises itself as the nation’s largest private transportation company. The agreement represents the State’s largest-ever False Claims Act settlement outside the healthcare sector. Bruck announced today that Academy Bus, LLC (Academy) and several related entities and individuals will pay a total of $20.5 million to resolve the State’s lawsuit accusing the defendants of overcharging New Jersey Transit by underreporting missed bus trips and by over-billing for hours and miles driven. KOAA News5 on your time, streaming on your Roku, FireTV, AppleTV and AndroidTV.Acting Attorney General Andrew J. Bus Paraprofessional (Multiple Positions).Bus Driver – Trainee (Multiple Positions).If anyone is interested in becoming an ASD20 bus driver or transportation paraprofessional, below are the links to apply: Fifty percent is awarded after completion of successful training and the remaining 50 percent after one year of continuous service by the newly recruited bus driver. Recruiting Incentive: $200 for any district staff member (excluding administrators) who recruits a new bus driver. The incentive is awarded the month following the driver’s perfect or nearly perfect semester of attendance. The first 50 percent is awarded in October 2021 and the second 50 percent is awarded after one year of continuous service, excluding Workers Compensation leaves of 30 days or less, in October 2022.Īttendance Incentive: $250 per semester to bus drivers who are absent one day or less during a semester. $1,000 for all current bus drivers and all other Transportation Department classified staff hired, working, and who completed training on or before Sept.Fifty percent of this incentive is awarded after successful training and the remaining 50 percent is awarded after one (1) year of continuous service, excluding Workers Compensation leaves of 30 days or less. $1,000 for all new bus paraprofessionals hired and working after Sept.$2,000 for all new bus drivers hired and working after Sept. They also have increased the starting pay for transportation paraprofessionals to $13.56 an hour.īelow are the three types of incentives we are now offering: The district said they also increased the starting pay for bus drivers to $16.17 an hour, and that in most cases they will provide training for a Commercial Drivers License (CDL) at no cost to the applicant. The school district announced they are now offering three types of incentives to attract new drivers. They say on the first day of school everyone in the transportation office and maintenance staff will be driving school buses, but they say doing this is not sustainable for the rest of the school year. The school district says they are experiencing a 20 percent shortage of bus drivers and transportation paraprofessionals. COLORADO SPRINGS - Academy District 20 is less than a week from the start of school, but they are experiencing a significant shortage in bus drivers, which could throw a wrench in starting the school year off smoothly.
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