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Fayetteville Starts to Buckle Up New School Seat Belt Law

J. Froelich
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KUAF
Ten of Fayetteville Public Schools' new buses are equipped with seat restraints.

This winter, the Arkansas legislature passed a law requiring public school buses to be equipped with seat belts. The bill was later amended to accommodate district budgets. The law goes into effect in 2018, but this fall, Fayetteville Public Schools is running a fleet of buses equipped with belts, the first in the state to do so.

Jacqueline Froelich is an investigative reporter and news producer for Ozarks at Large.
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