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Boerne ISD outlines costs, timeline to meet Senate Bill 546 three-point seat-belt mandate
Summary
Boerne ISD transportation director Melanie Lee told trustees the district has 38 buses with three-point harnesses, 8 two-point buses (special education), and 29 buses with no belts; replacement would cost about $6.3 million while retrofit quotes total roughly $594,747. The law’s long-range requirement takes effect Sept. 1, 2029.
Melanie Lee, the district’s director of transportation, updated the Boerne ISD board on Senate Bill 546 and what it will require of the district.
"As of 2018, the law requires that all school buses have seat belts if they are produced in 2018 or after," Lee said, and she added SB 546 "pulls those previous exemptions" so that all buses used to transport students must have three-point harnesses by Sept. 1, 2029. Lee said TEA must collect statewide inventories and districts must present local counts publicly as part of the bill’s short-term requirements.
Why it matters: SB 546 removes prior exemptions for pre-2018 buses and creates a statewide reporting and planning obligation that…
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