School bus drivers in Minnesota could face heavy penalties if they fail to check that all students have left their bus after a route.The State House Transportation committee has allowed a bill to advance that forces drivers to do mandatory post-route checks.
Last year, a bus driver in northeastern Minnesota was charged with child endangerment after leaving a 3-year-old boy on a bus for hours in the cold after dropping students off at a Fond du Lac tribal Head Start program.
The new bill proposes criminal charges and jail time and the loss a driver's certification for a year.
