In light of a recent tragedy involving an autistic youth being left on the bus, a school district will be utilizing biometric iris scanners to ensure that each student boarding and unloading school busses is accounted for, according to InfoWars.
The Antelope Valley Transportation Agency, the department that handles bussing for the district, has comissioned the company IRITRAK to provide technology that would scan the children's eyes and give the driver an alert in case a child is unaccounted for, according to EAG News.
The development comes after the tragic death of 19-year-old Hun Joon "Paul" Lee, an autistic student who was left on the bus all day in sweltering heats reaching triple digits. Lee, severely autistic with the mentally capacity of a 4-year-old, was found dead on the bus floor, according to NBC Los Angeles.
It is believed by Lee's family that the usual driver that would give Lee the verbal cue of "Let's go Paul," was not working that day.
John DeVries, president of IRITRAK says that situations like this are more common than people think.
"Lost or sleeping kids. It happens every year in most school districts nationally, only we rarely hear about it," he says. "Kids left sleeping on a bus is at epidemic proportions nationally."
DeVries also says that the technology has other benefits as well, including the ability to track busses and in cases of emergency "notify authorities real-time where the bus is located and the specific students onboard it."