New amendment allows buses to idle while heat advisory is in effect

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Due to the excessive heat in New Mexico, an emergency amendment has been made to the New Mexico Administrative Code; it allows school buses to idle while students load and unload.New Mexico State Police: No major injuries in Roswell school bus crashPrior to this amendment, students and bus drivers had to withstand high temperatures during non-driving wait times as the state law initially prohibited buses from running the engine unless students were already on board