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	Amend CSHB 300 (House committee printing) by adding the 
following appropriately numbered ARTICLE to the bill and 
renumbering subsequent ARTICLES of the bill accordingly:

ARTICLE ____.  SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL
	SECTION ____.01.  Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, 
is amended by adding Section 38.025 to read as follows:
	Sec. 38.025.  SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL NON-INFRASTRUCTURE  
PROGRAM.  (a)  The agency shall establish a safe routes to school 
non-infrastructure program that promotes bicycling and pedestrian 
safety and education for elementary and middle school students 
through:
		(1)  education and awareness programs; and                             
		(2)  training, workshops, and educational materials.                   
	(b)  To the extent allowed by federal law, to implement this 
section the agency may use not more than 30 percent of the funds 
allocated to the state under the federal safe routes to school 
program (Pub. L. No. 109-59, reprinted in note, 23 U.S.C. Section 
402).
	(c)  To implement a program established under this section, 
the agency shall contract with a statewide nonprofit organization 
that has the primary purpose of promoting:
		(1)  bicycle safety and education; or                                  
		(2)  pedestrian safety and education.                                  
	(d)  Not more than five percent of the funds allocated to the 
agency under this section may be used by the agency to administer 
the safe routes to school non-infrastructure program.
	(e)  The commissioner shall adopt rules to implement this 
section.