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Kennedale ISD board declines to fund SB 546 seat-belt retrofits or bus replacements after cost presentation
Summary
After a presentation from Gold Star Transportation estimating retrofit and replacement costs to meet Senate Bill 546, the Kennedale ISD board voted unanimously to not budget for purchasing new buses or retrofitting existing ones to install three-point seat belts, citing cost and budget constraints.
Gold Star Transportation representatives told the Kennedale ISD Board that state law (Senate Bill 546) requires three-point seat belts on buses purchased after Sept. 1, 2017, and outlined two compliance paths: retrofit newer buses or replace older ones.
Dennis Gallagher, Gold Star’s representative, gave cost estimates to the board: retrofitting an eligible bus could cost "approximately $31,000 per bus," while replacing a 77-passenger conventional bus was estimated at about $155,000 per bus. Gallagher’s estimate put…
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