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Newsby StaffAugust 30, 2016

California Child-Check Alarm Bill Heads to Governor’s Desk

Lawmakers approve SB 1072, which would require school buses in the state to be equipped with child-check alarms. Gov. Jerry Brown has until Sept. 30 to act on the bill.

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Is There a Student Hiding on Your Bus?

A school bus driver and attendant allegedly left a 13-year-old boy on their bus twice, but the charges against them were ultimately dropped. The attendant says the boy “intentionally hid.” But is that a valid excuse?

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Newsby StaffJuly 8, 2016

Charges Dropped for Driver, Aide Accused of Leaving Special-Needs Student on Bus Twice

The state attorney says the facts in the case against the Florida driver and attendant who left the same student on the bus twice “do not rise to the level of felony neglect of a child.”

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Newsby StaffJune 21, 2016

Special-Needs Student Left on School Bus

A second-grade boy in Washington, D.C., is left on his bus in the morning in nearly 90-degree heat. He pries open the bus doors to get out, and a passerby finds him and takes him to school.

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Newsby StaffJune 3, 2016

Special-Needs Teen Left on School Bus

A Montana school bus driver leaves a 16-year-old student who has to wear a three-point harness, which she cannot remove by herself, on her school bus. The girl misses about three hours of school.

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Newsby Nicole SchlosserApril 29, 2016

School Bus Driver Denies Wrongdoing in Special-Needs Student Death

Armando Abel Ramirez pleaded not guilty to the felony count of dependent abuse causing death for the death of autistic student Hun Joon (Paul) Lee, who was left inside a hot school bus in California.

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Newsby StaffApril 8, 2016

California Child Check Alarm Bill Advances

Lawmakers approved SB 1072, which would require school buses to be equipped with child-check alarms, in response to the death of a special-needs student who had been left on the bus for several hours.

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Newsby Nicole SchlosserMarch 28, 2016

Arrest Made in Special-needs Student’s Death on School Bus

California substitute bus driver Armando Able Ramirez is charged with dependent abuse for leaving a student with severe autism on a school bus for about seven hours on an extremely hot day in September.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonMarch 11, 2016

Driver, Aide Accused of Leaving Student on Bus Twice

Police say that the two admitted to having a student deactivate the child reminder device on their bus before they arrived at school.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonFebruary 18, 2016

Bill would mandate child-check alarms on California school buses

A state senator says that the bill was spurred by the death of an autistic student who was left on a school bus in September.

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