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First Student laid-off workers: jobs, benefits and retraining

about 1,000 professional jobs are open in Missouri, including about 8 at First Student. Put in your email and we send a plan built for a layoff: benefits and deadlines first, then jobs matched to your background.

Benefits and deadlines first, then jobs that fit. One plan, and nothing else unless you ask.

All First Student layoff notices, dates and sources

Jobs open now

about 1,000 professional jobs are open in Missouri, and about 8 at First Student. Taken from employers' own career sites and checked to still be open.

These are the newest roles, not yet matched to you. Add your email at the top and tell us about your work, and we pick the jobs that fit you.

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What should I do first if I was affected?

  1. File for Washington unemployment benefits: amounts, weeks, the waiting week and where to file.
  2. File for Texas unemployment benefits: amounts, weeks, the waiting week and where to file.
  3. File for Minnesota unemployment benefits: amounts, weeks, the waiting week and where to file.
  4. File for Kansas unemployment benefits: amounts, weeks, the waiting week and where to file.
  5. File for Iowa unemployment benefits: amounts, weeks, the waiting week and where to file.
  6. File for Missouri unemployment benefits: amounts, weeks, the waiting week and where to file.
  7. File for Illinois unemployment benefits: amounts, weeks, the waiting week and where to file.
  8. File for Pennsylvania unemployment benefits: amounts, weeks, the waiting week and where to file.
  9. Compare COBRA and marketplace health coverage before your coverage ends.
  10. Use the first 72 hours on the steps that matter most.
  11. Line up bridge income while you search.

What help is there for benefits and retraining?

The public workforce boards for each affected site. Their American Job Centers offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

Not laid off? Pick what sounds like you

For anyone planning their next move at First Student or anywhere else. No résumé needed; we send a first-week plan.

Question 1

Where are you right now?

Why we ask: a laid-off week and a thinking-about-a-move week look nothing alike. No résumé, no account.

Questions

Did First Student file layoff notices?
Yes. First Student has filed 9 layoff notices with labor departments in Washington, Texas, Minnesota, Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Pennsylvania, naming 947 workers. The most recent was filed Jun 17, 2026.
How do I file for unemployment after a layoff at First Student?
File with the state where you worked, not where you live now. For Missouri, see the unemployment benefits page for the weekly amount, the number of weeks, the waiting week and where to file.
Are there jobs open for former First Student employees?
about 1,000 professional jobs are open in Missouri today, and about 8 at First Student itself. NextChapter lists them from employers' own career sites and checks that they are still open.
What help is there for retraining?
The local American Job Center for each affected site offers free job search help and often pays for training. NextChapter also lists funding programs and graded AI courses.

What did First Student file?

A layoff notice gives the number of workers and the dates the employer reported. It does not say why. Notices are published by each state.

Layoff notices filed by First Student, newest first
Notice dateEmployerStateCity or countyWorkersTypeSource
First StudentTakes effect Aug 17, 2026WashingtonSeattle111LayoffState record
First StudentTakes effect Jun 30, 2026TexasDallas County74—State record
First StudentMinnesotaPlymouth125—State record
First StudentKansasCincinnati151—State record
First StudentMinnesota———State record
First StudentIowaBlack Hawk County120ClosingState record
First StudentTakes effect Jun 30, 2025MissouriFirst Student257—State record
First StudentIllinoisTolono28—State record
Effective First StudentPennsylvaniaYork81—State record

Full notice record and news mentions for First Student

Notices are as filed with state labor departments and refreshed daily; the newest is dated Jun 17, 2026. Job counts are rounded. NextChapter is independent of First Student. See the layoff tracker for how notices are collected.