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In a statement released Dec. 16, President Biden said negotiations will “continue next week,” adding that “it takes time to finalize these agreements, prepare the legislative changes, and finish all the parliamentary and procedural steps needed to enable a Senate vote.”
The Senate passed the bill by a 69-28 vote on Dec. 2 following an earlier 221-212 vote to pass the bill in the House.
Build Back Better bill includes $112 million each for school leadership and teacher development and funding for universal pre-K and free school meals.
Law that Biden signed Monday funds safe routes to school programs, expanded broadband access, green school buses and removal of lead pipes that supply drinking water to schools,
School officials should host school vaccine clinics and conduct outreach to families and the community about the importance of immunizations, Education and Health and Human Services secretaries says.
Bill funds removal of lead pipes that supply drinking water to schools, safe routes to schools programs, expanded broadband access, and clean school bus programs.
New federal rule requiring COVID vaccinations or weekly testing and face coverings for private employers with more than 100 employees could soon apply to state and local educational agencies.
dDaft bill includes several education-related provisions that address teacher and school leader quality, personnel development for special educators and Native American language educators, and career and technical education.
Biden says Build Back Better framework will “make sure that every 3- and 4-year-old child in America will go to high-quality preschool.” Indeed, the framework includes $400 billion for preschool and early childcare.
ED released two-thirds of each state’s ARP ESSER allocation in March, with the remaining one-third of funds to be released upon approval of the ARP ESSER state plan.
Congressional panel discusses how ARP ESSER funds will address unfinished learning,d keep classrooms open and improve outcomes for students.
Build Back Better Act that includes billions of dollars in funds for early childhood care and universal pre-K, school construction, educator professional development, and school meal programs
He also says that the federal government will pay any educator whose salary is withheld from their state as punishment for mask mandates.
Alaska, Connecticut, Illinois, and Louisiana have plans approved. To date, 46 states and D.C. have submitted plans for review.
The districts require students and staff to wear masks without letting parents opt out, which the state says is in violation of an executive order by Gov. Ron DeSantis that restricts mask mandates in schools.
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