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Buna ISD board: budget cannot cover three-point bus seat belts; authorizes SB 546 inventory report to TEA
Summary
Board determined district budget cannot support purchasing or retrofitting buses with three-point seat belts as required by SB 546 and authorized the superintendent to submit the inventory report to the Texas Education Agency via Sentinel by May 29, 2026.
The Buna ISD Board of Trustees voted on May 11 to determine that the district’s current budget does not allow for the purchase of new school buses equipped with, or the retrofitting of existing buses to include, three-point seat belts as required by SB 546 (89th Regular Legislative Session). The board also accepted a seat-belt inventory report detailing buses with two-point belts, three-point belts and those without seat belts, and authorized the superintendent to submit the report to the Texas Education Agency via Sentinel no later than May 29, 2026. The motion was made by Sherri Hickerson and seconded by Peggy Talmadge; minutes record the motion passed (A-6).
The motion references state law SB 546 and sets a submission deadline to the TEA. The minutes do not list specific retrofit costs, number of buses by belt type in the body text, or identify funding sources to meet SB 546 requirements; the inventory report was accepted for submission but the minutes state the district budget currently cannot support the required purchases or retrofits.
