* USA - Ohio gov. to sign bill creating new school bus driver regulations
Columbus,Oh,USA -Associated Press/The Akron Beacon Journal (Akron,OH), by MATT LEINGANG -Mar. 31, 2007: -- Gov. Ted Strickland will sign a $7.8 billion transportation budget Saturday that creates new regulations for school bus drivers, his office said Friday... The Ohio Education Association, the state's largest school employees' union, and other education groups had opposed the stepped-up regulations, saying they are too narrow and arbitrary and should be open to more debate... One provision in the bill bars school bus owners from allowing anyone to drive a bus or van for seven years after certain traffic violations, including driving under the influence or committing homicide or another felony with a vehicle... A second provision requires owners of a school bus or van to obtain seven-year driving record checks on all their drivers and annual records thereafter. Current policy requires a six-year review...
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