OAR 737-025-0011
Safe Routes to School Program Purpose
(1)
Grant programs for Non-Infrastructure projects are described in OAR 737-025-0012 (Safe Routes to School Advisory Committee) through OAR 737-025-0080 (Project Selection and Awarding Non-infrastructure Grants).(a)
Non-infrastructure is the education element of the Safe Routes to School program. Efforts include Safe Routes to School Action Plan development, outreach, encouragement, training, evaluation, enforcement, and education services that identify and reduce barriers and hazards to children walking or bicycling to and from school.(b)
Funding for the non-infrastructure projects may be provided by the Oregon Transportation Commission or, through other funding within the Safe Routes to School Fund (ORS 184.740 (Safe Routes to Schools Fund)) not subject to restrictions in Article IX, Section 3a of the Oregon Constitution.(2)
Grant programs for Infrastructure projects are described in OAR 737-025-0012 (Safe Routes to School Advisory Committee) through 737-025-0020 (Grant Application Procedure), 737-025-0060 (Safe Routes to School Action Plan and Safe Routes to School Infrastructure Plan), and 737-025-0090 (Safe Routes to School Infrastructure Grants Program Description) through 737-028-0093.(a)
Infrastructure is the engineering element of Safe Routes to School. Efforts include the development, construction, reconstruction, repair, maintenance, or operational improvements of bikeways and walkways that reduce barriers and hazards to children walking or bicycling to and from school.(b)
Funding for the infrastructure projects that comes from money directed into the Safe Routes to School Fund (ORS 184.740 (Safe Routes to Schools Fund)) by ORS Chapter 750 (Health Care Service Contractors), (2017 Oregon Laws) must be used in accordance with the Oregon Constitution, Article IX, Section 3a and projects must be built within the public road right of way. Other funding may be provided by the OTC, donations, or other sources and may have different funding restrictions.
Source:
Rule 737-025-0011 — Safe Routes to School Program Purpose, https://secure.sos.state.or.us/oard/view.action?ruleNumber=737-025-0011.