Hays CISD board approves plan to accelerate having all buses equipped with seat belts
The move came weeks after the fatal crash involving a school bus carrying dozens of prekindergarten students and school ...
Texas lawmakers discuss bill that would mandate seat belts on all school buses, not just new ones
The bill's consideration comes one year after a concrete pumper truck hit a Hays CISD school bus in Bastrop County, killing a ...
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Bastrop ISD will equip all buses with seat belts for the 2025-26 school year
Currently, 77% of the district's school buses have seat belts. But by the start of the 2025-26 school year, the district says all of them will have seat belts. “Those conversations are always ...
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Texas lawmakers consider ramping up school bus safety systems
The safety devices are only required to be on buses purchased after 2018 and the law doesn't mandate upgrading older buses. SB 546, filed by San Antonio Democrat Jose Menendez, would set in motion the ...
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Texas lawmakers push for expanded seat belt requirements on school buses
The Senate Transportation Committee is considering a bill that would expand on the state's seat belt requirements for school buses.