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Paris ISD invokes budget-based exception tied to SB 546 school bus seat belt reporting

Paris ISD Board of Trustees · March 23, 2026
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Summary

Trustees voted 5–0 to invoke the budget-based exception under $547.701(e)(1) for SB 546 required reporting on school bus seat belt costs. Motion was made by Terry Davis and seconded by LaWanda Ladell.

The board voted unanimously to invoke a budget-based exception identified in the minutes as "$547.701(e)(1)" in connection with SB 546 required reporting on school bus seat belt costs. Trustee Terry Davis made the motion and Trustee LaWanda Ladell seconded; the minutes record the vote as 5–0.

The minutes do not provide supporting dollar figures or a detailed staff explanation for invoking the exception; district staff will have to document the statutory basis and any required reporting under state law.