State education officials are hoping a new bumper sticker placed on the back of school buses across Kansas will raise awareness of drivers when they are near buses and remind them that all vehicles must stop when a bus “stop arm” goes out.

Two Hutchinson businesses — Collins Bus and Lowen Color Graphics — teamed up to manufacture 10,000 of the high-quality stickers, which the Kansas State Department of Education will distribute to school districts across the state at upcoming KSDE meetings.

The 12-by-4-inch “Stop on Red, Kids Ahead” stickers were the idea of a subcommittee of a Department of Education School Bus Safety group.

(Read more: Local – The Hutchinson News)