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NEISD estimates $13.5M–$20M to meet new state bus seat‑belt requirements; board adopts required resolution and proposes phased compliance
Summary
After Transportation staff outlined state law SB546 requiring three‑point seat belts, the board adopted a required resolution noting the district cannot immediately cover retrofit costs; estimated retrofit costs range from about $20M (current fleet) to $13.5M after planned new-bus purchases; trustees discussed phased replacement and grant pursuit.
The Northeast Independent School District Board on April 20 adopted a required resolution addressing Senate Bill 546, the new state law that expands seat-belt requirements for certain school buses.
Bill Harrison, NEISD’s executive director of transportation, presented the district’s bus inventory and retrofit estimates. The district counted 399 buses in its fleet and identified 293 buses without seat belts, 58 with two‑point lap belts and 48 with three‑point belts. Harrison said retrofitting the…
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