Resilient Schools Act of 2021
- Last Action
- 6/24/2021
Actions
- 2021-06-24Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- 2021-06-24Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2021-06-24 (00)
Resilient Schools Act of 2021
This bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to establish the Climate Change Resiliency Program to increase the resiliency of public schools during climate change-related events, natural disasters, and public health crises.
Further, ED must establish a related grant program for state educational agencies to implement climate resiliency plans or projects in public schools. Grant recipients must use these funds for certain activities, such as improvements to school buildings and grounds, green infrastructure projects, and projects to increase food supply resiliency.
Projects that receive a grant must (1) pay all laborers and mechanics locally prevailing wages, and (2) use only certain U.S.-produced construction materials unless a waiver is secured from ED.
Subjects
- Air quality
- Alternative and renewable resources
- Atmospheric science and weather
- Building construction
- Buy American requirements
- Child health
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Community life and organization
- Congressional oversight
- Ecology
- Education programs funding
- Educational facilities and institutions
- Educational technology and distance education
- Electric power generation and transmission
- Elementary and secondary education
- Employment and training programs
- Energy efficiency and conservation
- Environmental health
- Environmental regulatory procedures
Sourced from Congress.gov (public domain).
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