State officials took an unusual step Thursday and reached out to more 375,000 commercially licensed drivers in hopes of covering a growing school bus driver shortage.

Kurt Myers, deputy secretary for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, told reporters the pool of qualified bus drivers has shrunk to 42,000, the lowest level seen in five years.

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