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Trustees tell TEA district lacks funding to add three-point seat belts under SB 546
Summary
On a unanimous vote, Alvarado ISD trustees directed administration to notify the Texas Education Agency that the district lacks adequate funding to add three-point seat belts to all buses or to replace unequipped buses with three-point harness buses as contemplated by SB 546.
Trustee Kelly Price moved March 16 that administration notify the Texas Education Agency that Alvarado ISD does not have adequate funding to add three-point seat belts to all buses or to purchase replacement buses with three-point harnesses to cover buses currently lacking those restraints. Trustee Jeff Taylor seconded the motion and the board voted 7–0 to approve the direction.
The board recorded no dollar figures or proposed timelines tied to the notification. The action is a notice to TEA of the district’s fiscal position with respect to SB 546 compliance and does not constitute a legislative or legal determination; it directs administration to file a statement to that effect.
