In most cases, the passage of seat belt laws resulted from a school bus crash that resulted in death or injury to students. ...

The bill, authored by Texas Sen. Jose Menedez, D-San Antonio, would expand on a 2017 bill that requires all buses made after ...

But it might not get the attention of drivers as quickly. Oh, and if you're wondering about the seat belts, big school buses don't need them. They use something called "crash protection through ...

The bill's consideration comes one year after a concrete pumper truck hit a Hays CISD school bus in Bastrop County, killing a ...

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, seat belts don’t offer an advantage on school buses because they are designed to be safer than passenger vehicles in preventing ...

Some states don’t buy that. Four heavily populated states – New York, New Jersey, California and Florida – require seat belts in school buses. Another big state – Texas – will soon ...

The safety devices are only required to be on buses purchased after 2018 and the law doesn't mandate upgrading older buses. SB 546, filed by San Antonio Democrat Jose Menendez, would set in motion the ...

The Texas Senate bill aims to enforce 3-point seat belts on school buses, removing exemptions for 2-point belts.

Currently, 77% of the district's school buses have seat belts. But by the start of the 2025-26 school year, the district says all of them will have seat belts. “Those conversations are always ...

The aide was using her cell phone and had ear buds on when a seat belt became wrapped around the neck of disabled student.