H.R. 4021 would expand the Safe Routes to School program to high schools.
Detailed Summary
Safe Routes to High Schools Act - Amends the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) to include high school students as beneficiaries of the safe routes to school program. (Currently, the program provides funding to states for projects that encourage, and enhance the ability of, primary and secondary school students to walk or bike to school safely.)
Requires states to give priority to projects for primary and middle schools and to projects that propose to serve a combination of at least one primary, middle, and high school within the same school district.
Status of the Legislation
Latest Major Action: 11/5/2009: Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
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