The district is spotlighting a heroic middle schooler who helped stop a school bus from veering into oncoming traffic after the driver passed out.

At its Monday meeting, the Hays CISD board of trustees unanimously approved the $4.7 million purchase of 30 new school buses, which will have seatbelts. The board also approved about $397,000 to retrofit seatbelts on 13 older school buses.

An eighth grade student’s composure amid a medical emergency on a Wisconsin school bus saved everyone on board from a potential tragedy, school officials said. On April 24, a school bus driver experienced a medical event causing her to lose consciousness and veer into oncoming traffic,