This bill could mandate that any school buses manufactured in Illinois have three point seat belts starting in 2031.

Following a deadly crash involving a Hays school district bus in 2024, the Texas House approved a bill tightening seat belt rules for school buses.

Avon Lake City Council should consider supporting in a resolution the revised Seat Belts in School Buses Pilot Program to aid in student safety on school buses. Avon Lake Schools once had a pilot ...

While you might expect school buses to have similar safety features to cars, but most don't even have seatbelts. Why not, and is it a good idea to add them?

"Studies have shown that, per mile, children are safer in school buses without the seat belts than in a personal vehicle," state Sen. Jason Elliott said.

Large school buses are built to not need seat belts. Instead, they're designed for compartmentalization, a concept that protects impact. Arizona is one of the many states that doesn't require them.

Texas lawmakers are considering a bill that would mandate seat belts on all school buses. Currently, seat belts are required on new buses but not old ones.

Some Houston-area school district buses are equipped with seat belts while others have buses in service without them.

The deadliest school bus crash in Texas in nearly a decade sparked outrage among parents in the Hays Consolidated Independent School District last spring. Their anger focused on why dozens of pre ...

A March 22 crash that left a child dead revealed seven years after a state law aiming to outfit buses with seat belts, many don't have restraints.