Crescent-News.com: "The past isn't something many people forget. Thanks to background checks, it's something that won't go away either.
The state board of education has approved a proposal requiring longer reviews of individuals wishing to become school bus drivers. The changes must now be approved by the state legislature.
Some of the proposed changes reduce the number of moving violations and/or serious traffic offenses a driver is permitted to have during the two years before being hired.
Another change proposed is that drivers cannot have any drunken driving convictions in the last six years. (School districts normally just have access to the last three years of driving history.)
Driving records of drivers will also be checked twice a year instead of once annually. The cost of each background check could range from $15 through the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigations to $55 through other companies/vendors.
The proposed changes were prompted by the arrest of a Columbus school bus operator who was allegedly carrying drugs while driving his route in January. After his arrest it was learned he had three previous OVI charges."
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