All school busses in California would have to be equipped with child safety alarms which, supporters say, would ensure that children are not left unattended in potentially hazardous circumstances, under a bill moving forward in the State Senate. But in Nevada County, Paula Davison, the General Manager of Durham Schools Services, says they’ve had the systems on the vast majority of busses for at least four years and will eventually have them on all busses..

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Current law does require all school districts to create a plan that includes specific procedures on boarding and exiting a bus…

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The bill would also require school bus drivers, upon renewal of their safety certificate, to receive training in child safety-check procedures. The legislation is called the “Paul Lee School Bus Safety Law”. Lee was a special needs student, from Whittier, who died after being left on a bus for many hours. Davison says this school year alone her drivers have found three sleeping students still on the bus.