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Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Children of Bus Drivers or Bus Mechanics Scholarships

The Buster Bynum Scholarship is a one-time $1,000 education scholarship awarded to two deserving public school students in each of the 14 member southeastern states of the Southeastern States Pupil Transportation Conference (SESPTC). The Scholarship is named for the current treasurer, past president, and longtime member of the SESPTC Board of Directors, who has been a strong advocate for improving student transportation safety for more than 44 years. Created in 2005, Buster Bynum Scholarships are awarded to children of school bus transportation employees actively employed in public school transportation for the past five years. Eligible students must have a cumulative 3.0 GPA and are selected based on their leadership, citizenship and service.

The Joseph F. Beams, Sr./Jr. Scholarship is a one-time $1,000 education scholarship awarded to a deserving public school student whose parent or guardian is a mechanic for a local school system. The scholarship recipient must be a child of a school bus transportation mechanic actively employed in public school transportation for the past three years and must have a cumulative 3.0 GPA and are selected based on their leadership, citizenship, and service.

For more scholarship information, contact Brad Holley, Program Administrator in Pupil Transportation,at 334-242-9730 or bholley@alsde.edu.

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