The Safe Bus Routes to School Act expands an existing federal program that funds safe routes to school by explicitly including school bus routes and stops for the first time. The bill allows federal transportation funds to be used for both infrastructure improvements like sidewalks, crossings, and waiting areas along school bus routes, as well as non-infrastructure activities such as safety education and public awareness campaigns about school bus safety. This legislation affects school districts, local governments, and students who rely on school bus transportation to get to and from school. The bill amends current federal highway safety law to make school bus stop safety an eligible use of federal transportation funds already allocated to the safe routes program, though no new funding amounts are specified in the bill text. The legislation was introduced in May 2026 and referred to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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