Tuesday, January 30, 2007

A Closer Look At Bus Driver Background Checks

Investigation News - A Closer Look At Bus Driver Background Checks - PInow.com Investigator Directory: "There are 20,000 school bus drivers in the state of Ohio and 15,000 of them work for the public school districts. The other 5,000 are hired by private contractors.

How much do the districts really know about the drivers they don’t hire themselves?

10 Investigates learned a school bus driver police say they caught with cocaine drove a private school bus for 20 years. Is it possible there were no red flags?

First Student Inc., a private bus company, hired Lawrence Battle to drive Columbus children to charter and private schools. The Columbus School District says it’s up to the company to make sure Battle passed a background check."

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