PAN, PRI, and Morena halt school transportation law

In a rare political event, the PAN, PRI, and Morena parties in the Nuevo León Congress united their positions to reject the state government's initiative to make school busing mandatory, considering it "hastily done" and unfeasible.

The Nuevo León Congress has witnessed a rare multiparty consensus. The normally feuding factions of the National Action Party (PAN), the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), and Morena voted en masse to reject an initiative promoted by the state executive branch that sought to make school bus transportation mandatory for elementary schools.

The main reason behind this unanimous rejection was the perception that the initiative was poorly designed and offered no real solutions to mobility problems. Legislators from all three parties agreed that the proposal was drafted "hastily," that is, hastily and without a thorough analysis of its implications.

The most criticized point was that the law, instead of solving the problem, shifted the responsibility and financial burden onto parents without offering a clear support scheme or a viable financing structure.

During the debate, the deputies pointed out a number of practical flaws in the proposal. The main concerns the initiative failed to address were:

• Cost: No details were given on how the service would be funded, leaving open the possibility that the entire cost would fall on families, which for many would be unsustainable.
• Logistics: No clear plan was presented for how the logistics of routes, schedules, and security would be organized for thousands of students across the state.
• Lack of consultation: Several legislators, such as PAN representative Claudia Caballero, pointed out that a measure of such magnitude could not be imposed without first publicizing it and consulting the opinions of parents and guardians, who would be the most affected.

"Legislators agreed that there is no plan and that it was hastily introduced, and that it would affect parents." – Conclusion of the debate in Congress.

This political episode demonstrates that, beyond ideological differences, legislators can find common ground when it comes to public policies they consider harmful or poorly planned for citizens. The mandatory school bus initiative has, for now, been shelved, awaiting a better-structured proposal that offers solutions without burdening the pockets of Nuevo León families.