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A variety of laws that passed during the 2017 legislative session will take effect Monday.

The driver in a Tennessee school bus crash that killed six elementary students on board in November could soon face additional charges.

The driver in a Tennessee school bus crash that killed six elementary school students in November wants a judge to offer him probation and dismissal of his case.

Prosecutors filed 14 counts of reckless aggravated assault and seven counts of assault against 24-year-old Johnthony Walker on Wednesday.

Authorities say Johnthony Walker was speeding Nov. 21 when the bus swerved into a tree with 37 elementary school students aboard, killing six children and injuring several more.

He is scheduled to be in court at the end of March.

According to the agency, since the beginning of the school year (August 2016), the driver, 24-year-old Johnthony Walker, had been involved in two other crashes. One, the agency said, was reportable, while the other was not. During both he had been operating a school bus.

Law enforcement officers in Tennessee plan to follow and ride Hamilton County school buses at random after a bus crash killed six students in November.

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The lawsuit says the defendants had received complaints about the bus driver, 24-year-old Johnthony Walker, but did nothing.

Three lawsuits have been filed against Durham School Services in connection with the Chattanooga bus crash.