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Poth ISD board: budget prevents SB 546 seatbelt purchases; superintendent to submit TEA report
Summary
Poth ISD trustees determined the district cannot afford new buses or retrofitting with three‑point seat belts required by SB 546 and authorized the superintendent to file the required report with the Texas Education Agency. Vote was 7–0.
The Poth ISD Board of Trustees voted unanimously April 20 to acknowledge a requirement under SB 546 and Section 547.701 of the Texas Transportation Code but to report that the district’s current budget does not allow purchase of new school buses or retrofitting existing buses with three‑point seat belts. The motion, made by Ben Pruski and seconded by William Eckel, passed 7–0.
The board authorized Superintendent Dr. Albert Lee Byrom to submit the school bus report to the Texas Education Agency as presented. The action records that retrofitting or replacement will not occur at this time due to funding constraints; no timeline for future compliance was provided in open session.
