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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."
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,
While most parents of school-aged children understand the danger to their children of lead in drinking water, only about half know the last time their school drinking water was tested for lead, study shows.
These 5 measures can help school districts be proactive in avoiding a disastrous situation.
Most states help schools test drinking water for lead but inconsistent decontamination efforts may be putting children at risk, a new report finds.
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.
Distribution could begin soon to get doses to physicians; research will continue at other institutions for children under 5.
Before considering any fancy tech solutions, consider conducting an inventory of all the technological assets on your networks, because devices that are not actively tracked cannot be successfully scanned, logged, managed or monitored.
A national survey by GAO found that 41% of districts need to update or replace HVAC systems in at least half their schools (approximately 36,000 schools nationwide).
The effects can be devastating on students, but the right interventions and responses from districts and educators can make a difference.
Hopefully, many school districts will use American Rescue Plan funds to invest in air quality projects, perhaps their first in decades. When they do, it is important that they invest wisely.
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