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House OKs school construction bill

Thanks to NSBA?s advocacy and grassroots effort, Congress has finally acknowledged the tremendous infrastructure needs facing our nation?s public schools. NSBA is pleased about the House passage of a school construction bill yesterday, which would provide $6.4 billion in grants to states and school districts for school repairs and modernization. H.R. 3021 came at a time when total school facility and technology needs are estimated at well over $300 billion, see this letter from NSBA. All schools receiving grants from this program would have to build according to the ?green? standards according to the government?s Star rating system. However, the fate of this bill remains uncertain becuase the Senate does not have a companion bill, and the Administration has threatened to veto it. Stay tuned to NSBA's legislative updates here.

Full post as published by BoardBuzz: NSBA's Daily Weblog on June 05, 2008 (boomark / email).