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Goose Creek CISD weighs $8.1 million cost, warranty and safety tradeoffs for bus seat‑belt mandate
Summary
District transportation staff told trustees that 241 of 252 buses are out of compliance with Senate Bill 546 seat‑belt requirements; retrofitting is estimated at about $8.1 million, carries warranty and FMVSS recertification risks, and administration proposes filing an exemption and buying seat‑belted buses going forward.
Patricia DeCote, Goose Creek CISD’s director of transportation, briefed the board on Senate Bill 546 (effective amendments noted 09/01/2025) that strengthens seat‑belt requirements for school buses. She told trustees the district’s fleet of 252 buses includes roughly 241 vehicles currently out of compliance and that retrofitting them all with three‑point lap‑and‑shoulder belts would be technically intensive and expensive.
DeCote presented an estimated total retrofit cost of approximately $8,100,000, explaining that…
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