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Bland ISD board declines to implement school bus seat-belt requirement under SB 546
Summary
By unanimous vote the Bland ISD Board adopted a resolution declining to install seat belts on school buses where allowed by Senate Bill 546, citing the specific authorization in state law; the board did not debate a funding or implementation plan at the meeting.
Trent Poe moved to adopt a resolution declining to implement the seat-belt requirement for school buses as allowed under Senate Bill 546; Corey White seconded and the motion passed unanimously. The minutes record the board's formal adoption of the resolution during the meeting.
The board did not discuss a funding or installation plan at the meeting; the resolution records the board's formal decision to decline implementation where state law permits such a resolution. "A motion was made by Trent Poe to approve the Resolution Declining to Implement the Seat Belt Requirement for School Buses as Allowed Under Senate Bill 546," the minutes record. The district did not adopt any immediate contractual or procurement actions related to seat belts in the public session.
