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Tomball ISD board invokes statutory exception on bus seat belts, citing costs and funding uncertainty
Summary
Citing estimated retrofit and replacement costs it cannot absorb, the Tomball ISD Board unanimously determined under Senate Bill 546 that its budget does not permit immediate purchase/retrofit of 3-point seat belts for school buses and said it will advocate to the state for funding; administration noted the district had zero student injuries in the last decade attributable to lack of seat belts.
TOMBALL — The Tomball ISD Board voted unanimously May 11 to exercise the statutory exception in Senate Bill 546, determining the district’s current budget does not permit retrofitting or replacing school buses to meet the statute’s 3-point seat-belt requirement.
A board member moving the motion cited cost estimates presented during the meeting and the district’s broader fiscal picture. "In accordance with Senate Bill 546...the board determined that the district's current budget does not permit the purchase, replacement,…
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