Some might see seat-belt mandates on school buses as a no-brainer, but the issue is more complicated than it seems.

A pot of state funds specifically meant to reimburse Connecticut school districts for buying buses with seat belts has never actually been used for that purpose.

Three years ago, the federal government issued several new requirements related to school bus occupant protection. Two of the key provisions in the final rule, from the National Highway Traffic Safety ...

The horrifying image of the mangled yellow school bus after it collided with a dump truck on a New Jersey highway Thursday has focused attention on bus safety. The bus was carrying 45 students and ...

Federal officials have long urged states to implement seat belt requirements on school buses, but only nine states have done so. On the first day of school for a district in Clark County, Ohio, one ...

(NEXSTAR) — Students have returned to school, and back onboard those bright yellow buses with their rows and rows of high-backed seats. While they cart around your children, school buses frequently ...

ALBANY — While seat belts have become common in large charter buses such as the one involved in the Sept. 21 fatal crash involving Farmingdale High School band members, few passengers use them and no ...

My name is Grace Davis and I am a seventh-grade middle schooler at Eisenhower Middle School in the Everett School District. I am writing today because I think that we should have seat belts on school ...

The seat belt law for charter buses went into effect in 2025 after the Farmingdale band bus crash in 2023 that killed two ...

COLUMBIA - Most school buses in the United States do not have seat belts or a similar restraint to protect kids from a car crash, including those Columbia Public Schools uses through First Student.