What are the eligibility
requirements?
The Safe Routes to School program is
available to all schools with at least
one grade in the K-8 range. High
schools are not eligible unless they include at
least one grade in the K-8 range. The
school can be public, charter,
tribal or private.
In Michigan, a school-based planning
process must be completed as a prerequisite for
funding. This planning process is described in
the SR2S Handbook. Before submitting an
application, schools must:
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Register their
school and provide evaluation
permission.
Schools are registered by completing and
returning the
SR2S registration
form. The principal’s signature
indicates 1) the school’s desire to
participate in Safe Routes to School,
and 2) permission to distribute surveys
to students and parents at his/her
school.
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Designate a Safe Routes to School
coordinator.
The coordinator will serve as the main
contact person for the school’s SR2S
program.
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Establish a Safe Routes to School team.
The members of the team will vary from
vary from school to school, but often
include: a school administrator,
teacher(s), student leader(s), parent(s),
a local law enforcement
official/officer, and a representative
from the local road authority (i.e.,
city engineer, road commission employee,
or a representative from the local MDOT
Transportation Service Center).
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Assess attitudes and behaviors related
to walking and biking to school.
Schools will survey parents and students
to assess their behavior, beliefs and
attitudes toward walking and biking to
school and to non-motorized travel in
general. Assistance with data
collection, analysis, and reporting is
available to registered schools.
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Assess the safety of walking and/or
biking routes.
School teams will assess the physical
environment around the school and along
routes traveled by students in order to
identify barriers to safe walking and
biking.
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Develop a SR2S Action Plan.
The SR2S team will review findings from
the walking audit and information
collected through student and parent
surveys to develop recommendations to
encourage and enable students to walk to
school on safe routes. The Action Plan
will address education, encouragement,
enforcement and/or engineering needs.
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