wnep

Lack of Bus Driver Background Checks Closes Schools

WRIGHT TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- Classes in the Crestwood School District have been canceled for Thursday. The district was forced to cancel classes Wednesday after learning bus drivers had incomplete ...
Campus Safety Magazine

Lack of Requirements, Background Checks for School Bus Drivers Endangers Student Safety

On average, 60 school bus accidents happen each day in the United States, amounting to around 22,000 school bus accidents per year. Requirements for school bus drivers vary from state to state, ...
NBC Connecticut

School Bus Driver Background Checks Lacking: Audit

Background checks for school bus drivers need improvement, according to a new state audit that reinforces what NBC Connecticut Investigates reported two years ago. State auditors were studying ...
NBC DFW

DCS School Bus Driver's Arrest Exposes “Multiple Failures” in Background Check System

NBC 5 Investigates has learned a Dallas County Schools bus driver stopped for speeding in a school bus, while driving through a school zone, was arrested on outstanding warrants, raising new concerns ...
Times Union

Albany reviewing school bus workers' background checks after two serious assaults

ALBANY — In the last two years, two Albany City School District students have been seriously injured by bus aides on their way to school. The bus employees were fired and one is in prison. And while ...
Connecticut Post

Auditors expose gaps in background checks for CT school bus drivers

A state auditors’ report issued Thursday has revealed blind spots and other significant shortcomings in criminal background checks for school bus drivers that could place children in jeopardy. The ...
WTAE-TV

Clairton City School District makes changes to background checks on bus drivers

WEBVTT T QUICKLYCHANGED THAT.SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS HAVE A BIGRESPONSIBILITY, AND MUST HAVEBACKGROUND CHECKS BEFORE TAKINGCARE OF CHILDREN.RICHARD LIVINGSTON IS THECLARION SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENTAND SAYS ...