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.

School bus safety, egg sales addressed in this week’s 89th Texas Legislature New bills moving through the Texas House could change how local school boards operate, how small farms sell eggs, and ...

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 ...