LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — Local leaders are still weighing how and where some school zones should change to better protect students.
Since July 1, when the School Zone Bill took effect, local jurisdictions have the power to modify the length and placement of school zones.
Clark County Commission Chair Michael Naft tells FOX5, county leaders are still weighing all options for changes. Clark County officials are using the guidelines of the 75-point plan.
Thursday, Erin Breen of PedSafe Vegas and the UNLV Transportation and Research Center met with Naft for a proposal to protect the smallest students: extend a handful of elementary school zones from half-a-mile to three-fourths of a mile around the school, targeting neighborhood streets where children live and walk home; the proposal would avoid major streets, Breen tells FOX5.
“There are schools, especially elementary schools, that sit inside neighborhoods. Those are the streets that we’ll be addressing with every entity across Clark County. In most cases, school zones don’t extend past the school’s physical property–so we’re protecting children being dropped off, but we’re not protecting children coming to school,” Breen tells FOX5.
“All you have to do to see the results of having fast streets around schools; be here at any Clark County school when school gets out,” Breen said.
Breen and other traffic experts across the Valley note a common trend: cars speed up once they leave a school zone and zoom through side streets, all in places where little children continue to walk to head home.
Numerous agencies have worked to stop the dangerous trend of hundreds of children struck by cars in the 2025-2026 school year. CCSD Police have ramped up patrols in the 2026-2027 school year.
As part of a first step to implement the School Zone Bill, Clark County extended times for flashers to operate.
Tuesday, County traffic officials will provide an update on the implementation of 75 recommendations to address safety across education, engineering and enforcement among various agencies, including policy changes.
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