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Protect Our Students Act

To amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to include reducing injuries and deaths resulting from crashes in school zones as eligible programming under State highway safety programs, and for other purposes.

Introduced Dec 17, 2025

Latest action (Feb 2, 2026) Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Referred to
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Policy area
Transportation and Public Works
Issues
Education

Summary
  • Authorizes States to use highway safety program funding for reducing injuries and deaths from traffic incidents in school zones.
  • Directs the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations clarifying eligible school zone safety improvements, including crossing guards, traffic signals, flashing lights, crosswalks, traffic calming measures, audits, and automated traffic enforcement.
  • Increases the allocation for certain highway safety programs from 40 percent to 50 percent.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
1 cosponsor

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Dina Titus’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • Employer not reported $42,666
  • EO SOLUTIONS $19,800
  • ROCKY RESEARCH $13,200
  • UNLV $11,275
  • MASS GENERAL HOSPITAL $6,600

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Dina Titus → · Outside spending →

Actions (3)
  1. Feb 2, 2026 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. · house
  2. Dec 17, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. · house
  3. Dec 17, 2025 Introduced in House

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • S 4488 — Safe Bus Routes to School Act · Introduced May 12, 2026 · Cong. 119 77%
  • S 2910 — Work Zone Safety Enhancement Act · Introduced Sep 18, 2025 · Cong. 119 76%
  • S 3871 — Preventing Roadside and Work Zone Deaths Act of 2026 · Introduced Feb 12, 2026 · Cong. 119 73%
  • HR 9041 — America Bikes Act · Introduced May 26, 2026 · Cong. 119 71%
  • HR 8506 — SAFE School Act · Introduced Apr 27, 2026 · Cong. 119 71%
  • HR 6965 — IMPROVE Safety for Schools Act · Introduced Jan 7, 2026 · Cong. 119 70%

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

December 17, 2025

Ms. Titus introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

A BILL

To amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to include reducing injuries and deaths resulting from crashes in school zones as eligible programming under State highway safety programs, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Protect Our Students Act”.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress finds the following:

(1) School zone safety issues are prevalent across our communities and warrant additional Federal funding and attention.

(2) Each year, approximately 100 students are killed in traffic incidents walking to or from school and 25,000 students are injured.

(3) No student should have to fear for their lives when walking to or from school.

SEC. 3. HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAMS.

Section 402(a)(2)(vi) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by inserting “and traffic incidents in school zones” after “buses”.

SEC. 4. REGULATIONS.

The Secretary of Transportation shall issue such regulations as are necessary to clarify that highway safety program uses for school zone safety improvements under section 402(2)(vi) of title 23, United States Code, may include—

(1) crossing guards;

(2) flashing lights and beacons;

(3) visible signage and markings;

(4) crosswalks;

(5) traffic calming measures, including pedestrian islands;

(6) traffic lights;

(7) school zones audits and assessments;

(8) automated traffic enforcement; and

(9) Safe Routes to School non-infrastructure.

SEC. 5. ALLOCATION.

Section 402(b)(1)(C) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking “40 percent” and inserting “50 percent”. <all>

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