For the first time, there could be money on the way to fund a grant program that Ohio’s school bus safety task force recommended earlier this year.
It’s aimed at helping districts pay for safety features on buses.
News Center 7′s John Bedell talked to the Miami Valley state lawmaker leading the legislative push for state funding.
Parents and grandparents talked about the safety features they’d like to see on school buses.
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“Probably seat belts,” Brenda Bond of Northridge said.
“I think they should have a stop on both sides of the bus,” Deborah Honeycutt of West Carrollton said.
This week, News Center 7 learned state lawmakers have taken a big step toward approving the first funds that would pay for a needs-based grant program to help districts pay for school bus safety features and provide advanced bus driver training to districts at no cost.