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Updated September 9, 2025

Training Schedule

Please click on the training calendar to register for any of the below training offered in 2025. Additional training will be added throughout 2025 as it is scheduled. **In-person training is listed in bold**

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September, 2025 Training Classes

9/16/2025 (1:00-3:00) - Defensive Driving Webinar

9/30/2025 (10:00-12:00) - Emergency Procedures & Evacuation Webinar

October, 2025 Training Classes

10/3/2025 (10:00-12:00) - Defensive Driving Webinar

10/8/2025 AND 10/9/2025 (9:00 am - 5:00 pm each day) - Passenger Assistance Techniques (PAT) In-House Instructor @CAPBM, Concord (this training is intended for those who will deliver in-house PAT training until a new hire can attend a NHRTAP PAT training)
10/21/2025 THROUGH 10/23/2025 (9:00-12:00 EACH DAY) - Drug & Alcohol Program Management (DAPM) Webinar

(ATTENDANCE AT ALL SESSIONS IS REQUIRED FOR CERTIFICATION)
10/21/2025 (1:00-3:00) - Emergency Procedures & Evacuation Webinar

10/24/2025 (1:00-4:00) - Reasonable Suspicion Determination Training Webinar

November, 2025 Training Classes

11/4/2025 (1:00-3:00) - Defensive Driving Webinar

11/19/2025 (10:00-12:00) - Emergency Procedures & Evacuation Webinar

December, 2025 Training Classes

12/22/2025 (1:00-3:00) - Emergency Procedures & Evacuation Webinar

12/30/2025 (10:00-12:00) - Defensive Driving Webinar

*Please note that there needs to be at least four (4) registrants in order for a training to proceed*

Posted September 3, 2025

Notice of Proposed Rule Making - Drug and Alcohol Program

The USDOT posted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking stating as follows:

The U.S. Department of Transportation (Department) proposes to amend its drug-testing program regulation, 49 CFR part 40 (part 40), to add fentanyl (a synthetic opioid) and norfentanyl (a metabolite of fentanyl) to its drug testing panels. The Department also proposes to amend certain provisions of part 40 to harmonize, as appropriate, with the current HHS Mandatory Guidelines using urine and oral fluid. This NPRM also proposes to clarify certain existing part 40 drug testing program provisions and to make technical amendments.

• Comments to the notice should be submitted by October 17, 2025 to https://www.regulations.gov/docket/DOT-OST-2025-0049/document

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Posted June 20, 2025

2025 Certifications and Assurances

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) recently published its FY2025 Certifications and Assurances for FTA Grants and Cooperative Agreements, along with publishing a list of changes to the 2024 Certifications and Assurances.