{"id":219557,"date":"2026-03-25T10:37:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T10:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/219557\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T10:37:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T10:37:20","slug":"nbisd-approves-1-55m-purchase-of-school-buses-before-potential-price-increase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/219557\/","title":{"rendered":"NBISD approves $1.55M purchase of school buses before potential price increase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe New Braunfels ISD board of trustees approved the purchase of 10 school buses <a href=\"https:\/\/meetings.boardbook.org\/Public\/Agenda\/1512?meeting=731339\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 16<\/a> ahead of potential price increases.<\/p>\n<p>The $1.55 million purchase from <a href=\"https:\/\/longhornbus.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Longhorn Bus Sales<\/a> is part of the district&#8217;s third and final bus acquisition. The purchase is funded through the district&#8217;s voter-approved 2024 bond, Proposition A, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/meetings.boardbook.org\/Public\/Agenda\/1512?meeting=731339\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">board documents<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>By the numbers<\/p>\n<p>The 2024 bond included funding for the purchase of new school buses to maintain and replace the district&#8217;s aging fleet, board documents state.<\/p>\n<p>The purchase includes seven 77-passenger buses for general education routes for $1.13 million, two 54-passenger special needs buses for $318,410 and one 14-passenger special needs bus at $110,985, board documents state.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/visualisation\/28156387\/thumbnail\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"visualization\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Why now?<\/p>\n<p>District administration is expediting the purchase in response to projected price increases anticipated to take effect in January 2027 as a result of more stringent federal emissions standards, Flores said.<\/p>\n<p>Bus prices are expected to rise between $22,000-$25,000 per unit under new Texas state emissions standards. By advancing the purchase now, the district hopes to maximize bond funding, manage future cost increases and protect long-term transportation resources, NBISD Director of Transportation Cesar Flores said.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, a $783,371 purchase in November 2025 also included two 77-passenger buses for general route use and three 54-passenger buses to be used for special needs routes, outfitted with wheelchair lifts and tracks with anchorage for three wheelchairs each, as <a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/san-antonio\/new-braunfels\/education\/2025\/11\/21\/new-braunfels-isd-looks-to-invest-783k-for-new-buses\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">previously reported<\/a> by Community Impact.<\/p>\n<p>Purchases are typically brought for approval within a month of the proposal, and the buses would be in use on routes between 90 and 120 days of receiving the purchase order, according to the district.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New Braunfels ISD board of trustees approved the purchase of 10 school buses March 16 ahead of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":219558,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[85654,85655,163,17087,14403,18345,82,84,83,57948],"class_list":["post-219557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-bond-2024","tag-bond-funds","tag-education","tag-nbisd","tag-new-braunfels-isd","tag-report","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news","tag-school-buses"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219557\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}