Join Councilmember Mary Cheh, Ward 8 State Board of Education Rep Dr. Carlene Reid, and District leaders for a community forum on Safe Passage. The forum will discuss Bill 24-66, the Safe Passage to School Expansion Act of 2021.

Bill 24-66 would establish an Office of Safe Passage, tasked with ensuring the safe passage of students as they travel to and from school, both during the school year and summer. The new office would develop ward-specific five-year strategic plans for the safe travel of students to and from school, collect data on student safety during school commutes, award grants to community-based organizations participating in the Safe Routes to School program, and provide recommendations on how the District can improve the safety of students as they travel to and from school. 

The legislation would also require the new Office to establish a Safe Routes to School program, which would designate 10 priority areas, establish safe routes to and from schools in those areas, and engage community-based organizations to hire and manage safe passage personnel to monitor these new safe routes.

R.I.S.E. Demonstration Center
2730 Martin Luther King Junior Avenue 

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