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Hays CISD Approves Plan to Purchase Buses with Seatbelts

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The Hays CISD Board has unanimously approved a plan to buy a fleet of buses equipped with seatbelts, aiming to improve student safety. The decision comes after the tragic death of a 5-year-old student in a bus crash.

In a special-called Hays CISD Board meeting, a new plan was approved to purchase a fleet of buses fully equipped with seatbelts. In a special-called Hays CISD Board meeting, a new plan was approved to purchase a fleet of buses fully equipped with seatbelts.The meeting lasted nearly four hours before the board voted unanimously to approve the new plan.

" have seatbelts for the big kids, even the first couple of seats have seatbelts for infants," said Tim Svoy, Communications Director for Hays CISD.Svoy said funding the buses isn't the issue, though. Timeliness is. The new fleet of buses and upgrades to older models is expected to cost the district almost half a million dollars.

Blakely and Holden said, that with this newly approved plan, they want a disciplinary plan in place as well, to make sure students actually wear seatbelts.

 

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