NATIONAL COALITION OF SCHOOL BUS SAFETY NEWS UP TO DEC. 2003

Subject: P.A.S.S.
Legislation Florida House Committee

School Bus Seatbelt Bill Approved - (TALLAHASSEE) -- A House committee has passed a measure that would require all new school buses to have seatbelts. Representative Cynthia Chestnut says that outfitting new buses with seat belts would cost two-Million dollars a year. Although committee members initially balked at the price, they eventually passed the bill unanimously. Despite the vote, Chestnut expects the bill to run into trouble when it faces the full House later this year.

Never compare a child's life to the cost of a seat belt.

FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA (update)(AOL News)

The Flagstaff Unified School District claims it can NOT afford to pay a nearly 30-Million-dollar settlement ordered for a 1996 accident. The school bus driver was reported as trying to throw a empty coke can in the garbage when she lost control of the school bus. The bus rolled over landing on the opposite side. Students

B-J Carlson and Jonathan Dowding suffered permanent disabilities in a school bus accident, but the state Loan Commission refuses to issue state bonds today the students' families. The first ten Million dollars will reportedly be covered by the department of Transportation and insurance.

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