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Stamford ISD trustees say budget won’t cover SB 546-required bus seat belts
Summary
The Stamford ISD Board unanimously determined the district’s budget does not allow purchasing or retrofitting buses with seat belts required by SB 546, voting 6-0 with one absence. The motion was made by Trustee Justin Corzine and seconded by Trustee Brody Wright.
The Stamford ISD Board of Trustees voted unanimously on May 11 to determine that the district’s budget does not permit purchasing or updating buses equipped with seat belts required by SB 546. "I move that the Board determine the district's budget does not permit the district to puchase or update buses equipped with seat belts required by SB 546," Trustee Justin Corzine said when he made the motion; Trustee Brody Wright seconded.
The motion passed with six yeas and one absence. The vote roster listed Gwen Baker, Dale Caddell, Justin Corzine, Lauren Decker, Zachary Logan and Brody Wright as voting yea and Curtis Birdsong as absent. The bus-seatbelt item had been listed on the agenda as "Presentation of School Bus Seatbelt Retrofit pursuant to SB 546." The transcript records no accompanying directive or funding plan beyond the board's determination that current funds are insufficient.
By statute reference on the agenda, SB 546 was the driver of the agenda item; the board’s action recorded only a formal determination about available local funds. The meeting minutes do not record any follow-up motion to identify alternative funding sources, a timeline for future consideration, or a staff assignment to return with options. The item is recorded on the agenda as X.A.
