Some rural school systems in Michigan have unusually high failure rates when it comes to bus safety inspections, The Detroit News reports.
Francis X. Donnelly writes:
The latest yearly inspections by the Michigan State Police found small, rural school districts were experiencing the most problems with their buses during the 2013-14 school year.
In Mason County Central, 13 of 18 buses failed inspection. In Ubly Community Schools in the Michigan Thumb, nine of 12 failed. In Vestaburg Community Schools in central Michigan, all nine buses failed.
By contrast, the statewide failure rate was just over 10 percent, though the rate rose for the second straight year.
Overall, The News reports that the share of buses failing checks jumped from 7.6 percent in 2011-12 to 9.5 percent in 2012-13 and 10.2 percent in 2013-14, according to state police figures.
Only 14 of 419 buses failed inspection Detroit Public Schools.
