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District Info

This category represents information about buses and bus staff associated with a particular district as published within the District Bus category.

localEducationAgencyBuses

This view captures the associations of buses to districts as published in the DistrictBus entity within the District Bus category. The layout provides the School Name, School Year, Bus Number, Daily Miles One Way AM, Bus Type, Year Bus Began Operation, Inspected by TN Dept of Safety, Privately Owned, Wheel Chair Lifts, Last Publish Date, and Publishing ID.

localEducationAgencyBuses

This entity represents the buses associated with a particular district.

Note: The districtBus entity is not published for school years prior to the 2016-17 school year.

Primary PowerSchool Source Data

  • [S_TN_District_Bus_S]

Entity Output

  • DistrictBus is only publishable at a district level.
  • A single record is published for each bus in the district.
  • The districtBus entity is not dependent on the prior publishing of other Ed-Fi resources.
  • LEAs may upload (publish) data to the ODS in real time or on-demand (“Run Now” button).

Note: Click Export to export the data collection results to an Excel spreadsheet.

Data Element

Description

Data Type

Stored in [Table]Field

Req’d

busNumber

The number assigned to the bus.

Note: The bus number must be unique within the district for the school year. 

String

[S_TN_District_Bus_S]BusNumber_New

Special characters are removed from the busNumber.

R

speciallyEquipped

Indicator of whether or not this a specially equipped bus. 

String

[S_TN_District_Bus_S]SpeciallyEquipped

O

dailyMilesOneWayAM

Daily one-way A.M. miles traveled by the bus from where the bus is parked overnight to the last school drop off 

Integer

[S_TN_District_Bus_S]DailyMiles

R

busTypeDescriptor

The type of bus.

Valid values: ·   

  • A = ‘Type A’
  • B = ‘Type B’   
  • C = ‘Type C’        
  • D = ‘Type D’ 

String

[S_TN_District_Bus_S]BusType

R

yearBusBeganOperation

The school year the bus first became operational.

Integer

[S_TN_District_Bus_S]YearBeganOperation

R

inspectedbyTNDeptOfSafety

Indicates whether or not the bus has been inspected by the Tennessee Department of Safety.

String

[S_TN_District_Bus_S]DOSInspectionCurrent

R

privatelyOwned

Indicates whether or not the bus is privately owned.

String

[S_TN_District_Bus_S]PrivatelyOwned

R

wheelChairLifts

Indicates whether or not the bus is equipped with a wheel chair lift.

String

[S_TN_District_Bus_S]WheelChairLifts

R

commercialAdvertising

Indicates whether or not there is commercial advertising on the bus.

String

[S_TN_District_Bus_S]CommercialAdvertising

R

totalNumberAccident

Indicates the total number of accidents for this bus this year.

Integer

[S_TN_District_Bus_S]InvolvedAccident_New

R

occupantRestraints

Indicates whether or not the bus has occupant restraints.

String

[S_TN_District_Bus_S]OccupantRestraints

R

twoWayCommunication

Indicates whether or not the bus is equipped with two-way communication.

String

[S_TN_District_Bus_S]TwoWayCommunication

R

audioVideoSurveillance

Indicates whether or not the bus is equipped with audio video surveillance.

String

[S_TN_District_Bus_S]AudioVideoSurveillance

R

typeOfFuelDescriptor


Indicates the type of fuel the bus uses.

Gas, Diesel, CNG

String

[S_TN_District_Bus_S]FuelType

R

gpsSystem

Indicates whether or not the bus is equipped with a GPS system.

String

[S_TN_District_Bus_S]GPSSystem

R

airConditioning

Indicates whether or not the bus is equipped with air conditioning.

String

[S_TN_District_Bus_S]AirConditioning

R

personalInjuryAccidents

Indicates the number of personal injury accidents.

Integer

[S_TN_District_Bus_S]PersonalInjury

R

treatedAndReleased

Indicates the number of students treated and released.

Integer

[S_TN_District_Bus_S]TreatedAndReleased

R

hospitalizedOvernightOrLonger

Indicates the number of Students hospitalized overnight or longer.

Integer

[S_TN_District_Bus_S]Hospitalized

R

fatalitiesOnBoard

Indicates the number of deaths on the bus. 

Integer

[S_TN_District_Bus_S]FatalitiesOnBoard

R

fatalitiesOffBoard

Indicates the number of deaths off of the bus.

Integer

[S_TN_District_Bus_S]FatalitiesOffBoard

R

propertyDamageAccidents

Indicates the number of property damage accidents. 

Integer

[S_TN_District_Bus_S]PropertyDamage

R

safetyComplaintsNeed to updateIntegerNeed to updateNeed to update
electronicStabilityControlSystemNeed to updateBooleanNeed to updateNeed to update

localEducationAgencyReference/localEducationAgencyId

The LEA with which the bus is associated.

Integer

LEAId downloaded from the state.

Derived from:

[Prefs]Value where name=’districtnumber

R

_ext.tdoe (Need to confirm if this is 1-1, 1-many)

submittedForSchoolYearTypeReference/schoolYear

The identifier for the school year.

Int32

[Terms]YearID

R

submittedByEducationOrganizationReference/EducationOrganizationIdNeed to updateInt32Need to updateR

localEducationAgencyBusesStaff

This view represents the bus staff associated with a district as published within the District Bus category. The layout provides the School Name, School Year, Regular Drivers, Substitute Drivers, Employed Bus Driver with CDL, Contracted Bus Driver with CDL, Bus Assistants, Last Publish Date, and Publishing ID.

localEducationAgencyBusesStaff

This entity represents the extended details of the bus staff associated with a particular district.

Note: The districtBusStaff entity is not published for school years prior to the 2016-17 school year.

Primary PowerSchool Source Data

  • [S_TN_District_Bus_Staff_S]

Entity Output

  • DistrictBusStaff is only publishable at a district level.
  • A single, summary record is published.
  • The districtBusStaff entity is not dependent on the prior publishing of other Ed-Fi resources.
  • LEAs may upload (publish) data to the ODS in real-time or on-demand (“Run Now” button).

Note: Click Export to export the data collection results to an Excel spreadsheet.

Data Element

Description

Data Type

Stored in [Table]Field

Req’d

schoolYear

The identifier for the school year.

Enumerated List

[Terms]YearID

R

regularDrivers

Indicates the number of regular drivers.

Integer

[S_TN_District_Bus_Staff_S]RegularDriver

R

substituteDrivers

Indicates the number or substitute drivers.

Integer

[S_TN_District_Bus_Staff_S]SubstituteDriver

R

employedBusDriversWithCDL

Indicates the number of bus drivers employed with CDL.

Integer

[S_TN_District_Bus_Staff_S]EmployedDriverCDL

R

contractedBusDriversWithCDL

Indicates the number of bus drivers contracted with CDL.

Integer

[S_TN_District_Bus_Staff_S]ContractedDriverCDL

R

busAssistants

Indicates the number of bus assistants.

Integer

[S_TN_District_Bus_Staff_S]BusAssistants

R

busGarageAndMaintenance

Indicates whether or not the district owns and operates a bus garage, and that the garage provides bus maintenance.

String

[S_TN_District_Bus_Staff_S]BusGarageMaint

R

mechanicsMaintenanceOnNonBusVehicles

Indicates whether or not the bus garage mechainic performsmaintenance on non-school vehicles.

String

[S_TN_District_Bus_Staff_S]MaintenanceOnSchBus

R

fullTimeMechanics

Indicates the number of full-time mechancs that are employed by the district.

Integer

[S_TN_District_Bus_Staff_S]FullTimeMechanics

R

localEducationAgencyReference/localEducationAgencyIdThe LEA with which the bus is associated.Integer

LEAId downloaded from state.

Derived from:

[Prefs]Value where name=’districtnumber

R
_ext.tdoe (Need to confirm if this is 1-1, 1-many)
submittedForSchoolYearTypeReference/schoolYearThe identifier for the school year.Int32[Terms]YearIDR
submittedByEducationOrganizationReference/EducationOrganizationIdNeed to updateInt32Need to updateR


Need to update

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