New Seat Belt Law for School Buses
By: Dylan Brooks
Updated: September 1, 2010
A new seatbelt law has taken effect in Texas that will mean big changes to all future school buses.
The new law requires all new buses to be outfitted with three point seatbelts. The law follows a bus accident in Beaumont that killed two teenage girls there. However, there is a concern that many districts won't be able to put the new law into practice, after the Texas Education Agency cut funding from $10 million to $3.6 million.
Many parents support the new law, but some worry that younger children might have trouble getting out of the belt if there was a problem.
The new law requires all new buses to be outfitted with three point seatbelts. The law follows a bus accident in Beaumont that killed two teenage girls there. However, there is a concern that many districts won't be able to put the new law into practice, after the Texas Education Agency cut funding from $10 million to $3.6 million.
Many parents support the new law, but some worry that younger children might have trouble getting out of the belt if there was a problem.
