Provide funding to the national center for state courts to enhance court expertise by implementing process improvements to adjudicate CDL cases through an assessment of on line dispute resolution…

The National Center for State Courts was awarded a $1.14 million project grant by the Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration under the Commercial Driver's License Program Implementation Grant to enhance court expertise in adjudicating commercial driver's license cases. Over a four-year period ending September 2026, the National Center for State Courts will implement several initiatives to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of commercial driver's license case adjudication in state courts. This includes assessing online dispute resolution practices, developing technology standards and policy guidance for a hybrid hearing technology solution, providing outreach and education on online dispute resolution developments, and creating a human trafficking e-learning course for commercial drivers to take during court appearances. The funding will support the National Center for State Courts' work to assist states in complying with commercial driver's license requirements, as outlined under the Commercial Driver's License Program Implementation Grant program.

Provide funding to the national center for state courts to enhance court expertise by implementing process improvements to adjudicate CDL cases through an assessment of on line dispute resolution ODR practices, developing technology standards and policy guidance developing a hybrid hearing technology and policy guidance providing outreach, education and technical assistance on ODR developments and developing a human trafficking e learning course that the various courts can provide to cdldrivers they interact with during court appearances