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IOWA DOE TO ALLOW STUDENT DETECTION SYSTEMS ON SCHOOL BUSES
fter completing a pilot program testing two different child-detection sensor systems for school buses, officials with the Iowa Department of Education are going to allow — but not require — school districts to implement this technolo- gy. Te DOE released its final report on the yearlong pilot in February. Max Christensen, the department’s school transportation consultant, told STN that sensor-driven student detection systems officially received the stamp of approval after four districts tested two different systems during a period of eight to 13 months. “While the testing bore out some concerns and problems, the technology and the idea behind it seem fairly sound,” said Christensen. In the pilot, the Janesville, Spencer, Union and Waverly-Shellrock school districts tested the Student Detection System by Rostra as well as one by Safe Zone Inc. Both work similarly and both offer alarms and lights to notify the driver that a child may be in danger, he explained. All four districts had the Safe Zone systems, yet Janesville and Union also used the Rostra. Transportation officials at each district submitted evaluations describing their experiences with installation, maintaining and operating the systems. Te Maintenance and Inspection Advisory Council within the DOE ultimately decided to not adopt strict technological criteria for the systems, but rather to allow the use of “sensor-driven and/or video-based student detection systems.” Christensen added that this stance will open up the field to new ideas in de-
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veloping more advanced designs — not just for sensors but also for video camera technology.
£ Child-detection systems by Safe Zone Inc. and Rostra are mounted on the front and rear of the bus’ exterior.
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