To complete the plan, voters will likely be asked to approve more bond funding in May 2025 for at least 22 more buses, which would cover the amount needed to have a full fleet with seat belts.

Following a deadly crash involving a Hays school district bus in 2024, the Texas House approved a bill tightening seat belt rules for school buses. advertisement. Austin American-Statesman.

Over one 10-year period, 1,110 people were killed in school bus crashes, an average of 111 people a year. As a result, eight states have laws on the books requiring new school buses to have seat ...

The National Transportation Safety Board has been advocating for the use of seat belts on school buses since at least 2018, and significant research shows smaller children — like the 4- and 5 ...

A state task force formed following a fatal Clark County crash last year issued 17 recommendations to improve school bus safety in Ohio; mandating seat belts was not one of them.

Gov. Mike DeWine has named members of a group that will review school bus safety in the wake of a Clark County crash that killed an 11-year-old boy and injured nearly two dozen others.

For most school bus accidents, the current configuration provides safety supports that proactively protect the riders. While we always want to improve them, we need to be aware of bus strengths as ...

My school bus driver also says if we were in an accident we could go flying if we are sitting on the aisle seat edge. I’m concerned that my bus has more kids than any other in the school.

Following a deadly crash involving a Hays school district bus in 2024, the Texas House approved a bill tightening seat belt rules for school buses. News Sports Hookem.com Austin360 Opinion ...

My name is Grace Davis and I am a seventh-grade middle schooler at Eisenhower Middle School in the Everett School District. I am writing today because I think that we should have seat belts on ...