Protect Our Students Act
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 2
- Latest action
- Feb 2, 2026
What it does
The Protect Our Students Act would amend federal highway safety programs to explicitly include reducing injuries and deaths from traffic incidents in school zones as eligible for funding under State highway safety programs. It would require the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations clarifying that eligible school zone safety improvements can include crossing guards, flashing lights, signage, crosswalks, traffic calming measures, traffic lights, safety audits, automated enforcement, and Safe Routes to School non-infrastructure projects. The bill also increases the federal funding allocation for certain highway safety programs from 40 percent to 50 percent. These changes aim to…
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Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
Committee (Current step)
Floor (Not started)
Law (Not started)
What moved
Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.