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Board adopts resolutions on winter-storm pay, PIA nonbusiness days and declines SB 546 seat-belt feasibility
Summary
The Yantis ISD board approved a resolution providing employee pay during severe winter storm closure, designated nonbusiness days under the Texas Public Information Act, and determined it is not financially feasible to equip school buses with three-point seat belts under SB 546; all motions passed 7-0.
Trustees approved a resolution ensuring employee pay during severe winter storm closures; Trustee Ashly Vivion moved to approve and Trustee Tyra Kenemore seconded, with a recorded vote of 7-0 in favor. The board also approved a separate resolution designating nonbusiness days under the Texas Public Information Act, again by unanimous vote.
On the SB 546 item, the board determined it is not financially feasible for the district to equip school buses with three-point seat belts as required by the statute. April Johnson moved the feasibility determination and Jennifer McKeever seconded; the board voted 7-0 to record that finding. The minutes do not include cost analyses or supporting figures; the determination is recorded as the board's official finding on feasibility at this meeting.
