Committee on Environment and Public Works Senate Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Hearings held.
The bill amends 23 U.S.C. to require each State to designate a Safe Routes to School coordinator as the program point of contact. States may use existing employees and certain Federal highway funds for the coordinator’s salary, must post contact information on the State DOT website, and must fill vacancies within 180 days.
Liberals emphasize child safety and equity gains
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a concise, narrowly focused administrative amendment that clearly establishes a statutory requirement for States to designate a safe routes to school coordinator and specifies several concrete operational elements, but it provides limited problem exposition, accountability, and enforcement detail.
The bill amends 23 U.S.C. to require each State to designate a Safe Routes to School coordinator as the program point of contact.
States may use existing employees and certain Federal highway funds for the coordinator’s salary, must post contact information on the State DOT website, and must fill vacancies within 180 days.
The Secretary may not require the coordinator to perform duties beyond those authorized by Congress.
Narrow, low-cost, non-ideological change with built-in flexibility; commonly enacted as part of broader transport legislation, so moderately high chance conditional on route to passage.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a concise, narrowly focused administrative amendment that clearly establishes a statutory requirement for States to designate a safe routes to school coordinator and specifies several concrete operational elements, but it provides limited problem exposition, accountability, and enforcement detail.
Liberals emphasize child safety and equity gains
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Liberals emphasize child safety and equity gains
Likely supportive.
The requirement for a named coordinator aligns with priorities for child safety, active transportation, and equitable access to safe school routes.
Supporters will see this as a low-cost step to improve program delivery, though they will note funding and authority limitations.
Generally favorable but pragmatic.
The measure is modest and administratively focused, improving program clarity with limited new spending.
Concerns center on implementation details, reporting, and whether the coordinator will have sufficient capacity to be effective.
Skeptical.
While child safety is a shared goal, this mandates a federal requirement on states to name coordinators, raising concerns about federal overreach and mission creep.
Use of federal highway funds for a salary may be opposed.
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Narrow, low-cost, non-ideological change with built-in flexibility; commonly enacted as part of broader transport legislation, so moderately high chance conditional on route to passage.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Liberals emphasize child safety and equity gains
Narrow, low-cost, non-ideological change with built-in flexibility; commonly enacted as part of broader transport legislation, so moderatel…
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a concise, narrowly focused administrative amendment that clearly establishes a statutory requirement for States to designate a safe routes to school coordinator a…
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