INDUSTRY CONNECTIONS
SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATION TARGETS ADS ON SCHOOL BUSES
he Committee on Education and Public Works is consider- ing a bill that would allow the state’s school districts to sell “child-friendly” advertisements on school buses. Ad revenue would be used for purchasing newer buses. If passed, the legislation would require that ad space be made available on the sides and back of school buses owned by the Department of Education or by private contractors. But selling ads would be an option for school districts that operate their own fleets. Bill 4369, introduced by Rep. Joshua Putnam on Dec. 3, would also
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require the State Board of Education to develop guidelines for the placement of ads and for the rates and terms of contracts. School dis-
tricts would be responsible for approving contracts as well as ensuring that ad messages are not inappropriate or illegal in nature. If passed and signed into law, Bill 4369 would take effect during the 2014-2015 school year.
Two Children Fatally Struck While Crossing Street to Catch the School Bus
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six-year-old boy was hit and killed by a passing truck at his bus stop Jan. 8 in Orangeburg County, S.C. Police confirmed that Zion Toland was trying to cross Highway 178 when the accident occurred around 7:15 a.m. As he was crossing the street, his school bus was making a
U-turn and had not activated its flashing lights or its stop arm, according to Lance Cpl. Judd Jones. Jones said no charges have been filed against the 50-year-old
driver, at press time, as authorities were still investigating. Family members said Toland and his 11-year-old brother were about to get on the school bus when the younger boy was struck by a black Dodge pickup truck. It was still dark outside. Toland was a kindergarten student at Dover Elementary School
in Orangeburg Consolidated School District Five. On Dec. 26 8-year-old Jaidyn Williams of August, Ga., died
from injuries after being hit earlier that month by a motorist who illegally passed his stopped school bus. Te fourth-grader was crossing the road to catch the bus when the van struck him. Te Richmond County Sheriff ’s Office Traffic Division up-
graded charges against the 20-year-old motorist, Scott William Hancock, to vehicular homicide in the first degree, according to local reports. On Dec. 9 Williams was walking south across the westbound lanes of Belair Road, when Hancock was traveling southbound in a Chrysler van and failed to stop for the school bus, which had its stop arm extended and warning lights flashing. Te accident occurred at approximately 7:10 a.m., when it was still
dark, and police reported conditions were also foggy that morning. Williams and Toland are, respectively, the fourth and fifth stu- dent to be killed this school year by passing motorists in the dark pre-dawn hours. Every year about a half-dozen children nation- wide are hit and killed by motorists who fail to obey school-bus stop laws.
BUS ACCIDENTS IN IDAHO AND NEW JERSEY CAUSE STUDENT FATALITIES
in the accident. According to the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office,
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the boy apparently began walking around the front of the bus while it was stopped to pick up passengers. When the bus began to move forward again, it struck him. No charges had been filed at press time, but an investi-
gation was underway to determine whether any criminal wrongdoing was involved. One month earlier, a school bus carrying a dozen elemen-
tary school students collided with a truck in Kuna, ldaho, located 30 minutes from Boise, resulting in the death of one student passenger and injuries of four others. According to Canyon County Coroner Vicki DeGeus-Morris, Daniel Robert Cook, 11, died of blunt force trauma. Te accident occurred at the intersection of Deer Flat and Happy Valley on a two-lane country road. In an online letter to parents, Kuna School District stated that four Crimson Point Elementary students and a bus driver were hurt in the accident, and Cook passed away at the scene. State Police Sgt. John Burke said a final assessment to determine the cause of the crash could take weeks.
Waterford, N.J., student died after being struck by a school bus shortly before 8:30 a.m. on Jan. 6. Te victim, 6-year-old Edmund Bock IV, was a student at Atco Elementary School. No other injuries occurred
Children with disabilities are
more likely to be sexually abused than children without disabilities
2.9X
SOURCE: VERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE, “SEXUAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES: A NATIONAL SNAPSHOT,” MARCH 2013
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