Clean Diesel remains the overwhelming choice for school buses. As we progress through the decade, Fuel Agnostic Engines (Diesel, Gasoline, Propane) from Cummins will dominate the landscape for new bus orders. 

If considering EV, the following steps should help streamline the process:

• Involve your Account Representative, your facilities team, and local utilities when making commitments regarding infrastructure needs.
• Order recommended charging equipment based upon the timeline provided by utility and facilities.
• Based on the infrastructure timeline, order the EV bus(s). Lead times for EV buses can be much less than installation of the charging infrastructure. Make sure you consider all variables for how the chargers will be installed, connected to the utilities power grid, and commissioning. The bus should be the last step in your process.

Choose a team you can trust to be there to provide service, warranty, mandatory High Voltage EV training, and support. 

Choosing the right SIS and ERP is a big decision, but it doesn’t need to be a difficult one! Skyward’s solutions combine family-owned service with world-class technology to meet any district’s needs. 

Since 1980, Skyward’s SIS and ERP solutions have helped more than 2,500 school districts save time, connect with families, and empower success. By blending advanced technology guided by actual users with world-class support delivered with a personal touch, Skyward is the clear choice for K-12 leaders who want to spend less time on tasks and more time with students.

Now available in Florida, Skyward’s Qmlativ Enterprise Resource Planning system is perfect for any school or district with a “new business office” mindset, where efficiency and culture win out over bottlenecks and red tape.

To learn more about the next generation of K-12 administration software, visit www.skyward.com.   

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FASBO and FSFOA are joining forces again in 2024!

The conference will be held November 3-6, 2024 at the Hyatt Regency in Jacksonville, FL.

Did you know with a FASBO scholarship you could attend the conference free? In partnership with Deep Blue Investments and Virco, FASBO can approve up to four nights at the hotel as well as the registration fee with a scholarship. Fill out your scholarship application today. Click here for an application

FASBO is working hard to ensure the conference is beneficial for all members. If there is a topic you would like to see at our next conference, please reach out to the Board. Contact information is located on the website (fasbo.org)). We truly appreciate your support. 

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School business is a very complex and demanding profession requiring a special set of knowledge, skills, and abilities. It is incumbent upon us to ensure that those that follow us have the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities. To that end, the Board of Directors of the Florida Association of School Business Officials (FASBO) has created a Professional Certification Program.

It is the feeling of the Florida School Finance Council that certification or credentialing will benefit individual school districts and the statewide education system as it will address recruitment and retention issues, cultivate talent internally, encourage best practices, and build a cadre of professional school business leaders and staff members. As technology advances an increased need for training at the clerical and paraprofessional is also becoming more apparent.

Recognizing the importance of attaining professionalism for school business officials, not only with regard to acquired knowledge and experience, but also in terms of the recognition and respect of peers and other professionals, FASBO’s Board of Directors established its Professional Certification Program in 2009.

The Program offers both acknowledgment and recognition for professionals at all levels of school business management. Certification is a way of recognizing those individuals with the background, training, and on-the-job experience to meet recognized standards of professional competence.

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