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If you have not down- loaded or ordered your Life on the Road Video,
please do so today. This informative video is a must see for anyone starting a professional truck driving career! If you have any questions, please call the CDTF office at 703-642-5933.
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Have You Marked Your Calendar?
The Conference Committee is currently working on the Agenda, and as always, we are looking for suggestions from you. Specifically, we are asking for two (2) session ideas from each member on a topic of interest.
Please email your ideas to Cindy Atwood, [email protected] or call 703-642-9444.
Meet You in Saint Louis.
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Trucking Expected to Benefit From New Job-Training Law - By Daniel P. Bearth, Transport Topics - President Obama signed into law a measure that provides new funding for job training and encourages local and state agencies and schools to work with employers to train workers for jobs in transportation ... "This law helps ensure workers can obtain training funds to enter in-demand professions like commercial truck driving," said Don Lefeve, president of the Commercial Vehicle Training Association in Springfield, Virginia... Continue reading. |
Congressman Bridenstine Experiences Truck Driver Training at CVTA School - On Friday July 18th, Congressman Jim Bridenstine visited Roadmaster Drivers School, a professional truck driving school specializing in comprehensive commercial driver training, in Tulsa, where he experienced firsthand the importance truck driving schools play in helping train the next generation of truck drivers moving freight and the US... Continue reading. |
House Passes Competency Based Education Bill - On July 23, 2014, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 3136, the Advancing Competency-Based Education Demonstration Project Act of 2013, by a vote of 414-0. This legislation now heads to the Senate. This legislation directs the Secretary of Education to select up to 20 institutions of higher education (IHEs) to voluntary participate in Competency-Based Education Demonstration Programs ("Program") which offer competency-based education that does not meet current statutory and regulatory requirements that would otherwise prevent them from participating in federal student aid programs... Continue reading.
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Senate Opts for Short-term Highway Fund Fix, Pushes for Lame Duck Session - The Senate on Tuesday voted to prop up the Highway Trust Fund through December with a modified version of the bill the House passed last week, but those changes now set up a showdown between the chambers just three days before Congress is set to head home for the August recess. The DOT has advised state roadbuilding authorities that federal payment schedules will be modified beginning Aug.1 if Congress cannot come up with additional... Continue reading. |
Georgia Offers Courses for CDL Instructors - The Georgia Department of Driver Services plans to offer a free course for people seeking to become commercial driver's license instructors. The agency says its regulatory compliance division will offer a Commercial Driver License Instructor Training Class for... Continue reading. |
ATA Forecast Projects Continued Growth for Trucking - American Trucking Associations released the latest edition of its look ahead at the future of freight: ATA U.S. Freight Transportation Forecast to 2025, which shows continued growth for not just the trucking industry, but for the freight economy overall... Continue reading. |
CVTA thanks the many Associate Members that support our association:
This week, we highlight Transportation Compliance Services, USA.
Please take a moment to view their website and review the many services provided. |
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