New Texas school buses could be required to have seat belts

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas legislators approved $10 million in 2009 for the installation of seat belts in school buses but little progress has been made in the nearly eight years since. Legislators now will be deciding whether or not to make the seat belts a requirement for every new bus purchased in the state.
The previous legislation required buses to be retrofitted with three-point seat belts, a move that raised the eyebrows of school districts already trying to deal with budget concerns. Si