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Board: budget won’t cover retrofitting entire bus fleet with three‑point seat belts
Summary
Academy ISD trustees voted to accept administration’s finding that the district budget cannot fund replacing or retrofitting all buses with three‑point seat belts after a presentation on Senate Bill 546 requirements. One board member was briefly absent during the vote.
The Academy Independent School District Board of Trustees considered Senate Bill 546 reporting requirements and a budget analysis for equipping the bus fleet with three‑point seat belts. Administrator Calvin Itz presented the law’s reporting duty and administration recommended that the current budget will not support purchasing replacement buses or retrofitting the full fleet. The Board approved that recommendation.
The discussion noted a temporary absence by Trustee Dana White during the vote; the motion to accept the administration’s recommendation passed with a recorded vote of 6–0 and one absence. The minutes do not specify a cost estimate or a phased plan for partial retrofits; the administration’s presentation focused on the statutory determination rather than a funding timeline.
