> On the federal level, another Utah politician, U.S. Sen. Mike Lee, added an amendment to a 2015 federal education bill supporting the concept. It said kids shouldn't be stopped from biking or walking to school alone with a parent's permission, and parents shouldn't face charges for letting them.

Ah, what?

In Florida in the late 90s, my my 2nd grade self and my 1st grade sister walked a mile to school every day.

The thought that someone would find that objectionable...genuinely bizarre.