Columbia Public Schools, Jefferson City School District have more than 90% of buses approved in annual MSHP inspections

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

The Missouri State Highway Patrol has completed its annual bus inspections.

A Wednesday press release from MSHP says 10,239 buses were approved on its initial inspection, while 849 were rated “defective” and 283 were determined to be “out of service.”

The release says that defective components require repair within 10 days, “out-of-service” buses require the components to be fixed and re-inspected.

Columbia Public Schools had 96.8% of its 155 buses approved, while 3.2% were declared defective. The Jefferson City School District had 97.2% of its 72 buses approved – which is four-year high for the district – and 2.8% were declared “out of service.”

Fulton Public Schools had 93.5% of its 31 buses approved, 3.2% defective and 3.3% out of service, while Boonville had 77% of its 26 buses approved, 11.5% defective and 11.5% out of service. Moberly had 92.3% of its 26 vehicles approved, 3.8% defective and 3.9% out of service.

Montgomery County had 91.7% of its 24 buses pass and 8.3% defective, while Fayette had 90.9% of its 11 buses approved and 9.1% defective. North Callaway had 90% of its 20 buses approved and 10% out of service and South Callaway had 94.2% of its 17 buses approved and 5.8% defective.

All schools can be found in the document below.