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Southwest ISD board approves SB 546 filing, $1.81M in instructional materials and several grants and purchases
Summary
The Southwest ISD Board voted to declare it cannot afford to replace its full bus fleet with 3‑point seat belts and authorized submission of inventory and cost estimates to TEA, and approved purchases and grant resolutions including an approximately $1.81 million instructional‑materials purchase and a two‑year autism transition grant.
The Southwest ISD Board of Trustees voted to determine that the district budget does not allow replacing its entire bus fleet with 3‑point seat belts required under Senate Bill 546 and to submit its inventory and retrofit cost estimates to the Texas Education Agency on 2026‑05‑29 in hopes of securing grant funding instead. The board also approved a series of purchases and resolutions, including roughly $1.81 million for instructional materials and a two‑year, $1 million‑per‑year grant focused on transition services for students with autism.
District staff described the SB 546 process as a three‑step requirement: (1) the board must decide whether replacing all buses is financially feasible, (2) staff must inventory which buses already have 3‑point systems and which do not, and (3) the district must provide retrofit estimates before submitting a determination to TEA. "I call it one of the another unfunded mandates that's pushed upon districts," the staff member presenting the…
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