; and (2) ensure that State implementation of the employer notification service is an allowable cost for commercial driver’s license program implementation grant awards under section 31313 of title 49, United States Code. (d) Annual inquiry exemption In keeping with Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration regulatory guidance set forth on page 13069 of volume 80 of the Federal Register, the Secretary shall ensure that employers participating in the employer notification service are exempt from the requirements for annual inquiry and review of driving record, pursuant to part 391.25 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations. 4. Applicability to schools and school districts For purposes of this Act, a school district, local educational agency, or school shall be considered an employer for purposes of the national employer notification service if it organizes, sponsors, or pays for the transportation of preprimary, primary, and secondary students to or from school or on extracurricular trips. In the case of a school district, local educational agency, or school that pays a private company or proprietorship to provide transportation services for students traveling to or from school or on a extracurricular trip, both the private company or proprietorship and the school district, local educational agency, or school shall be considered employers for purposes of the national employer notification service. 5. Simultaneous driver notification Included in developing the final regulation under section 2(a), the Secretary shall ensure that whenever the national employer notification service furnishes an employer with a report on an employee, such employee shall receive simultaneous notification and a copy of the report.