Safe Bus Routes to School Act
Sponsored By: Senator Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced
Summary
This bill would explicitly include school bus routes and stops in the Safe Routes to School program. It broadens what projects and activities count and ties bus-route safety into the Highway Safety Improvement Program to boost planning and funding for safer pick-up and drop-off points.
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- Families and students: Safer walks to bus stops and safer waiting places. The bill opens the door to sidewalks, crosswalks, bus-stop waiting areas, traffic calming, and targeted enforcement around routes.
- Local education agencies and schools: LEAs must approve designated bus stops. They can use the program for planning, design, and construction to make approved stops and routes safer.
- State and local transportation and safety programs: The bill lets Safe Routes to School infrastructure projects for buses be treated as a category in the Highway Safety Improvement Program. It also authorizes non-infrastructure work like public awareness campaigns, traffic education, and enforcement near bus routes.
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Safer school bus routes and stops
If enacted, the bill would add a legal definition of “school bus route” that covers regular bus courses and LEA‑approved stops. It would let Safe Routes to School funds be used for planning, design, and construction of bus-route safety infrastructure like sidewalks, traffic calming, better crossings, bus stop waiting areas, and traffic diversion. It would also allow outreach and non-infrastructure actions such as public awareness campaigns, community outreach, traffic education and enforcement near routes, and student bus-safety sessions. The bill would make these SRTS infrastructure projects an explicit category in the Highway Safety Improvement Program and add “school bus stop safety” to HSIP project-selection factors. The bill does not set any new funding amounts.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
NV • D
Cosponsors
Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN]
IN • R
Sponsored 5/12/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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