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Montgomery County offers to apply for Safe Routes to School funding on behalf of Willis ISD
Summary
Montgomery County Deputy Chief of Staff Jason Smith briefed trustees on a federal Safe Routes to School grant program and offered the county as an eligible applicant to sponsor projects for Willis ISD, explaining typical federal matches and eligible infrastructure and non-infrastructure work.
Montgomery County staff told the Willis ISD board on Aug. 20 that the county can sponsor Safe Routes to School project applications on behalf of the district, because school districts are not eligible applicants under the current program rules.
Jason Smith, deputy chief of staff for Montgomery County Judge Mark Keough, described eligible activities under the federally funded Safe Routes to School and Surface Transportation Block Grant programs: sidewalks, bike paths, crosswalk upgrades,…
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