Report: 3 in 10 school buses in Arizona failed safety check

According to the Department of Public Safety, failed buses have to clear a follow-up inspection before they're allowed to transport students.

Failures resulted from cracked and rotted tires, broken emergency exits, unsecured seats and defective emergency brakes, among other violations.

Officials in school districts with particularly high failure rates say diminishing state funding has stopped them from buying new buses to replace old ones.