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Witnesses urge federal investment in school buildings; Rebuild America Schools Act cited as model
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Witnesses told the House subcommittee that aging school buildings harm student health and learning and urged federal funding, citing the Rebuild America Schools Act and large‑scale federal partnerships as possible solutions.
Witnesses told the House Education and Labor subcommittee that many U.S. public school buildings are aging and in need of federal help, and they urged Congress to fund modernization efforts such as the Rebuild America Schools Act (RASA).
Brian Kennedy, director of legislative affairs at the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craft Workers and a board member of the Build America Schools Infrastructure Coalition, told the panel that the "average age of the main instructional building of our nation's public schools was 47 years" and cited a 2020 Government Accountability Office finding that about 54% of schools need…
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