{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://susielee.house.gov/media/press-releases/congresswoman-lee-urges-congress-pass-funding-reduce-traffic-deaths-around", "Congresswoman Lee Urges Congress to Pass Funding to Reduce Traffic Deaths Around Clark County Schools", "2025-08-05", "2025", "2025-08", "Democrat", "House", "NV", "Susie Lee", "L000590", "susielee.house.gov", "susielee", "https://susielee.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "LAS VEGAS, NV \u2013 Today, Congresswoman Susie Lee (NV-03) called on her colleagues in Congress to swiftly pass funding that will allow the City of Las Vegas to improve safety infrastructure in school zones. Recent reporting highlighted the community\u2019s concerns about student safety in high-traffic areas around schools.\n\n\u201cNew reporting has highlighted concerns I\u2019ve been hearing from parents and teachers across southern Nevada: we need to make our roads and sidewalks safer for students on their way to and from school,\u201d said Congresswoman Susie Lee. \u201cThat\u2019s why I fought to include investments to improve safety in school zones in our government funding bill this year. We can all agree that we need to keep our children safe on their way to school, and I won\u2019t stop working until Las Vegas has the resources to make these much-needed improvements.\u201d\n\nToday, the Las Vegas Review-Journal published a report highlighting concerns from parents and teachers about student safety in school zones. Read more below:\n\nFormer Diskin Elementary School teacher Lenny Lither said he is frustrated with the Clark County School District\u2019s response to traffic safety, especially after an 18-year-old northwest valley student was killed in a crosswalk near her school.\n\nOther parents, principals, teachers, administrators and city employees are worried about student safety in school zones, too.\n\nDuring the 2024-2025 school year, over 100 messages were sent to a school district email designed to address traffic concerns.\n\nLater this month, CCSD officials, including district leadership and the police department\u2019s traffic unit, will meet with officials from police departments and municipalities across the valley to work on a coordinated approach to traffic safety in school zones, school district officials said in an email statement. The School Traffic Safety Working Group will strive to assess traffic risks and how to intervene.\n\nPublic concerns about school zone safety were heightened in May after Arbor View High School student McKenzie Scott was struck and killed by a driver indicted on driving under the influence of alcohol and reckless driving. The senior, just 25 days from graduation, was using the Buffalo Drive crosswalk by the school entrance.\n\nAfter she was killed, parents and concerned students emailed teachers and CCSD. One parent emailed Arbor View principal Duane Bickmore to propose a parent-run volunteer crossing guard group. Bickmore urged the parent to press the City Council for crossing guards.\n\n\u201cUnfortunately, all things with crosswalks, crossing guards, lights, speed limits, etc. are done through the city and not the school district,\u201d Bickmore wrote. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t be allowed with liability issues to organize anything that has to do with traffic or crossing guards.\u201d\n\nThe full story is available here.\n\nAs part of the fiscal year 2026 funding cycle, Congresswoman Lee requested $3 million in federal funding for Las Vegas in the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies spending bill. This funding would allow the City of Las Vegas to work towards its Vision Zero Action Plan, which aims to eliminate traffic-related deaths and serious injuries by 2040. Specifically, the investment would help fund the installation of new visual alert systems, additional signage, and pavement markings in 281 school zones. Nearly 25% of the City\u2019s school zones are located in High Injury Network (HIN) corridors, where traffic fatalities and serious injuries are heavily concentrated.\n\nCongresswoman Lee is southern Nevada\u2019s only representative on the House Appropriations Committee, the committee charged with writing government funding bills each year. On the committee, she has fought to bring critical federal investments back to southern Nevada. Through her work on the committee and her advocacy to ensure southern Nevada receives its fair share of federal investments, Congresswoman Lee helped return over $5 billion to Nevadans from 2023-2024 alone.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T14:57:50Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://susielee.house.gov/media/press-releases/congresswoman-lee-urges-congress-pass-funding-reduce-traffic-deaths-around"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0127299465239048, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}