Overview
- More than 300 federal investigators completed 1,426 on-site inspections over five days, targeting active training providers.
- Officials say 448 schools failed basic safety standards, 109 withdrew upon notice of inspections, and 97 remain under investigation.
- Documented violations included unqualified instructors, incomplete skills testing, missing hazardous‑materials training, and use of improper vehicles.
- The federal government plans to withhold $160 million from California over misalignment with commercial licensing standards.
- Decertifications largely hit smaller and district-run programs, with industry and immigrant communities weighing short-term impacts on CDL training and jobs.