For the first time, we’re hearing from one of the students who was on a Mobile County Public School System bus when it flipped over into a ditch.

The boy, who is autistic and non-verbal, may have been left alone for more than five hours, strapped in a harness on a Reynoldsburg school bus.

Sen. José Menéndez’s proposal, which does not come with additional funding, would require districts to install seatbelts for ...