Texas Senate bill looks to answer how much help school districts need to install seatbelts on buses

AUSTIN (Nexstar) -- A bill in the Texas Senate will require school districts to have seatbelts on every single school bus in their fleet, no matter what year the bus was purchased. Districts that cannot afford to meet full compliance will be required to publicly report it to the Texas Education Agency so the state can better understand how it can financially help.

Senate Bill 546, authored by State Sen. José Menéndez, D-San Antonio, has gone through some changes. Originally, the bill...