New Texas law requiring seatbelts on all school buses.

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1k+2027.9 yrs OP
~ 1 mo, 24 days ago

New Texas law requiring seatbelts on all school buses.

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Texas Senate Bill 546 requires all school buses in the state to have three-point seat belts by the 2029-2030 school year. This unfunded mandate forces districts to bear high costs-roughly $30,000-$70,000 to retrofit or $100,000-$185,000 to replace each bus. In Harris County, for instance, Humble ISD faces a estimated $13.5 million to comply.

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5k+14.8 yrs
~ 1 mo, 24 days ago

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@susanbanthony :
Money is the reason they've never put seat belts in the buses before. The only buses that had seat belts were the buses for the special needs kids.
I don't know how the school districts are going to afford this.

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25k+14.6 yrs
~ 1 mo, 24 days ago

Watch your school taxes goooooooooo

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5k+14.8 yrs
~ 1 mo, 24 days ago

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Even if they do put seat belts in every school bus, you're now putting a burden on the drivers to make these kids buckle up. Good luck with that. Especially, the middle school and high school kids. Many of them can be so non-compliant.

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1k+
~ 1 mo, 24 days ago

@lynnsgirl :
Always the case but this would be one increase I can justify.

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~ 1 mo, 24 days ago

@AMCLady :
The drivers coming to pick my son up does that already. His regular bus does have seat belts. Last field trip I went with for my daughter their school busses had seat belts. Too much gloom and doom.

5k+14.8 yrs
~ 1 mo, 24 days ago

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@Wanderer :
I'm glad to hear that the bus that carries your child has seatbelts. It may be the newer buses are coming with seat belts. If this is the case, the old buses can be put to the bus graveyard. Lol

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5k+1.2 yrs
~ 1 mo, 22 days ago

New Texas law requiring seatbelts on all school buses. From the internet Texas Senate Bill 546 requires all school buses in the state to have three-point seat belts by the 2029-2030 school year. This unfunded mandate forces districts to bear high costs-roughly $30,000-$70,000 to retrofit or $100,000-$185,000 to replace each bus. In Harris County, for instance, Humble ISD faces a estimated $13.5 million to comply. #msg2179279

@susanbanthony : @AMCLady :
@Wanderer :
Finally! I have long wondered why they didn't have them when transporting such precious cargo.

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500+10.6 yrs
~ 1 mo, 22 days ago

They going to have a seat belt light on the dash also if even 1 is not buckled?

RajunCajun reacted

25k+13.1 yrs
~ 1 mo, 22 days ago

New Texas law requiring seatbelts on all school buses.

They've never needed them for decades.....Why now all of a sudden?.....

We'll see what happens when a School Bus turns over and catches fire and the kids can't escape fast enough because they're belted in.....Or goes off a bridge into a body of water and sinks while the kids are trapped in their seats....

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10k+5.1 yrs
~ 1 mo, 22 days ago

I have an image of a bus driver walking down the aisle checking to see if the kids are buckled just like the flight attendants do. lol. I'm wondering if the kids will actually buckle up. I'm imagining a bus driver that won't care if they are buckled.

25k+13.1 yrs
~ 1 mo, 22 days ago

when transporting such precious cargo.

@TortieMama :

Don't forget that all those "adults" in Prisons and Jails started out as "precious cargo"....They ain't so "precious" now....

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5k+1.2 yrs
~ 1 mo, 19 days ago

TortieMama : Don't forget that all those "adults" in Prisons and Jails started out as "precious cargo"....They ain't so "precious" now.... #msg2179878

@EddyFree : Truth

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100+3 yrs
~ 1 mo, 19 days ago

@EddyFree :
As it stands right now, if the bus driver slams the brakes on they fly into the seat in front of them. If the vehicle flips, how many kids are going to be dead without seat belts? Many years back a bus flipped carrying a soccer team and killed many students and injured many others because they were flown around the bus.

100+3 yrs
~ 1 mo, 19 days ago

As much money as the district wastes they could just reallocate funds to cover this cost. Some districts charge for bus transportation, I don't think that's a bad idea.

25k+14.6 yrs
~ 1 mo, 19 days ago

How did I survive?

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