Mr. Josh A. Rice - CDPT - SNT
Director of Transportation
Barbers Hill ISD
Director of Transportation
Barbers Hill ISD
Josh Rice is the Director of
Transportation and Fleet Services for Barbers Hill ISD, located on the east
side of Houston, Texas. He has been in transportation for over 20
years. Through his career, he has managed Transportation and Fleet
Services for five different school districts in the State of Texas, with some
as large as 400 school buses and over 600 employees.
Josh is a Master
Certification instructor with the Texas Association for Pupil Transportation
(TAPT). He earned his Trainer, Supervisor, and Official certification
through TAPT. He was the first in the state to achieve the “Master
Official” certification with TAPT. Josh is also an instructor with the
National Association for Pupil Transportation (NAPT), where he received his
designation as Certified Director of Pupil Transportation and Certified Special
Needs Transportation. He is the only one in the State of Texas to hold
all three of these certifications.
Josh currently serves as the
Ex-Officio for the Texas Association for Pupil Transportation, and was
President during the 2021-22 year. He has presented numerous workshops
over the years at the local, state and national levels. He is an Academy
Instructor for Region IV’s Driver Trainer Academy, and an Associate Instructor
with Crisis Prevention Institute.
Josh graduated Cum Laude from Stephen F. Austin
State University with a Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences, and from Abilene
Christian University with a Master of Science in Organizational and Human
Resource Development. He also completed a Graduate Certificate Program in
Conflict Resolution from ACU. He is a licensed nurse and worked earlier
in his career in the trauma division of the Emergency Room. He is a Texas
Peace Officer, currently assigned as a Lieutenant/Field Training Officer in the
Patrol Division with the Harris County Sheriff’s Office. Josh is engaged
to Elissa Cross, a Director of Transportation for La Porte ISD, and together
they have 3 kiddos!