The Southeastern States Pupil Transportation Conference (SESPTC), comprised of fourteen member states (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia) will grant a $2,000 Buster Bynum Education Scholarship in 2022. Named in honor of R. A. “Buster” Bynum,
retired Director of the Virginia Department of Education’s pupil transportation office and former SESPTC treasurer, this one-time $2,000 education scholarship is made available to one deserving public school student in each of the fourteen-member southeastern states. Qualifications The parent/guardian listed on application had a Gross Taxable Family Income equal to or less than $80,000 for each of the “Past Three Tax Years.” (For the purpose of this scholarship award, the “Past Three Tax Years” is defined as the 2019, 2020 and 2021 tax years.) The parent/guardian listed on application has been an active employee in public school transportation during the “Past Three Years.” This includes school bus drivers, aides, monitors, mechanics, parts clerks, foremen, managers, trainers, supervisors, directors, and inspectors that work in public education. (For the purpose of this scholarship award, the “Past Three Years” work history requirement is defined as the period since January 1, 2019.) The student applicant has at least a 3.0 (B) scholastic average, will graduate from a public high school, and will attend a post-secondary educational institution starting in 2022. The scholarship cannot be awarded to any student who has a family member serving on the selection committee. April 15, 2022 – Applications are due to the local school system transportation office in your county. May 1, 2022– Entry mailed to state Sherry Sadler, 1900 Kanawha Blvd. East, Building 6, Suite 650, Charleston, WV 25305-0330. A local selection committee established in each school system shall select from all local applicants a finalist whose application must be submitted to the STATE SESPTC Scholarship Selection Committee. Only one application from each school system will be judged at the state level. Applications shall not be submitted to the state by student applicants. June 1, 2022 - The state SESPTC Scholarship Selection Committee will select the state’s winner. Information on the winner of the scholarship will be sent to June Eanes, Delegate Coordinator, SESPTC, by June 1, 2022. Her email address is [email protected]. Comments are closed.
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