Thursday, October 10, 2013 N/Warren Town and County News Page Nine
OVIATT ELEMENTARY
By Sheila Taylor, Principal
Did you know it is illegal to pass a stopped school
bus? We have seen an increase in bus violations, so we
want to keep you informed of the law and penalties.
Bus drivers report violations plus the district is invest-
ing in cameras which will be on the bus arms to identify
those that violate the law.
The information below comes from http://
www.iowadot.gov/schoolbus/default.html.
Take time to read through the law and penalties and
make sure all drivers in your family are aware so we
can keep our children safe and keep everyone violation
free.
Kadyn's Law: In March 2012, Iowa Gov. Terry
Branstad signed into law Senate File 2218, the "Keep
Aware Driving -- Youth Need School Safety Act," com-
monly known as Kadyn's Law.
Passed unanimously in the Iowa House and Senate,
the law is aimed at preventing other tragic deaths and
serious injuries to Iowa's school children while board-
ing or unloading from a school bus. May 10, 2011, Kadyn
Halverson, age seven, of Northwood, was struck by a
pickup while trying to cross the road to board a school
bus.
The Act increased the criminal penalties for passing
a stopped school bus and directed the Iowa DOT to en-
act rules that make illegally passing a stopped school
bus a serious moving violation that triggers increasing
periods of suspension for first, second and subsequent
offenses.
August 14, 2012, the Iowa Department of Transpor-
tation adopted an emergency administrative rule that
increases the administrative driving privilege sanctions
for illegally passing a stopped school bus. Effective
August 15, 2012, the rule provides that a person's Iowa
driving privilege will be suspended 30 days for a first
conviction, 90 days for a second conviction and 180 days
for a third or subsequent conviction.
Kadyn's Law also increased the criminal penalties and
administrative sanctions for those convicted of such vio-
lations, which are now as follows:
Fine Driving privilege:
Offense Criminal citation *additional Surcharges Imprisonment
and court costs apply) suspension
First offense
Second offense
i Third and
i subsequent
i offenses
i
i Any offense
causing sedous
i injury to another
person*
Iowa Code The court may
Iowa Code
321.372(5)(b)(1 ) order imprisonment
Unlawful passing of 321.372(5)(b)(1) At not to exceed 30
least $250, but not more
school bus first offense, days in lieu of or in
than $675
simple misdemeanor addition to a fine.
Iowa Code
321.372(5)(b)(2) --
Unlawful passing of
school bus, second or
subsequent offense,
serious misdemeanor
Iowa Code
Iowa Code 903.1(b)
At least $315, but not
more than $1,875
The court may also
order imprisonment
not to exceed one
year.-
The Iowa DOT will impose a
30-day suspension.
321.372(5)(b)(2) --
Unlawful passing of
school bus, second or
subsequent offense,
serious misdemeanor
Iowa Code 903.1(b) --
At least $315, but not
more than $1,875
The court may also
order imprisonment
not to exceed one
year.
The Iowa DOT will impose a
90-day suspension.
The Iowa DOT will impose a
180-day suspension.
The court may order the
Iowa Code 321.482.A-
Iowa DOT to suspend the
Violations resulting in Iowa Code 321.482A(1)
N/A person's driving privileges for
injury or death -- a fine of $500
a period of 90 days in lieu of
additional penalties
or in addition to the fine.
Iowa Code :321 •482A -- The court may order the
Iowa DOT to suspend the
Iowa Code 321.482A(2)
N/A person's driving pdvileges for i
-- a fine of $1 ,O00 a period of 180 days in lieu
of or in addition to the fine.
criminal offense that will appear on the report. A mis-
demeanor can also cause problems with obtaining se-
curity clearances.
We want all our children to be safe coming and leav-
ing school. Become familiar with Kadyn's Law and make
sure all the drivers in your home foltow,thlaw. ,,
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Although misdemeanor convictions do not pose the
same penalties as felony convictions, they often have
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