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Federal Register · May 30, 2025
The title they went with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 213a; Child Restraint Systems-Side Impact Protection; Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 213; Child Restraint Systems, Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 213b; Child Restraint Systems Noisy translates that to

School buses can keep using child seats without side-impact protection

What happened
US regulators are proposing to exempt child seats used in school buses from new side-impact safety rules. This means school bus operators will not have to upgrade their child restraint systems to meet the same safety standards as those used in passenger cars.
Why it matters
New side-impact protection rules for child seats were supposed to take effect next year. This proposal means school buses will not have to follow them. It also delays the compliance date for other child seats by over a year, giving manufacturers more time to meet the new standards.
The signal
Watch for the final rule to be published and whether the exemptions for school buses and the delayed compliance date remain in place.
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