Hays CISD to buy 30 new school buses, retrofit old buses for student safety

HAYS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — New school buses and added bus seatbelts are coming to the Hays Consolidated Independent School District.

At its Monday meeting, the Hays CISD board of trustees unanimously approved the $4.7 million purchase of 30 new school buses, which will have seatbelts. The board also approved about $397,000 to retrofit seatbelts on 13 older school buses.

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