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Kennedale ISD: budget prevents buying or retrofitting buses to meet SB 546 seatbelt rule
Summary
Trustees unanimously recorded that the district budget cannot support purchasing new buses or retrofitting existing buses to meet the three-point seatbelt requirement in Senate Bill 546.
At the March 26 meeting, Trustee Natalie McKay moved, and Trustee Felicia Moody seconded, a motion recording that the district budget does not allow for purchasing new buses or retrofitting existing buses to comply with Senate Bill 546’s three-point seatbelt requirement. The motion passed unanimously.
The board’s action is a statement of fiscal capacity rather than a policy change; the minutes record the board’s conclusion about the current budget constraints but do not record any specific plan, timeline, or funding source to satisfy SB 546 going forward. No public comment or staff presentation about cost estimates appears in the recorded minutes.
