![]() ![]() Read the rest of the story: “No Federal Infrastructure Money? Not OK, Says a Superintendent With Century-Old Buildings” (from Education Week, 10/29/21). That means the wait for the first substantial federal investment in school buildings since the Great Depression will be even longer for administrators. A White House framework for the investment package includes universal pre-K, teacher pipeline programs, expanded free school meals, and expanded access to home broadband for K-12 students-but nothing to improve the nation’s school buildings, many of which are in major disrepair. A massive spending package still making its way through Congress likely won’t include federal funding to improve school buildings, nearly seven months after President Biden proposed $100 billion in grants and bonds to fix the nation’s K-12 facilities. * School Infrastructure: School district leaders who have dealt for years with a backlog of urgent maintenance and renovation needs for their school buildings were dealt a blow last week from the federal government. Click here for a list of other recent updates.įederal Spending Bill: Build Back Better Act – ![]()
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