The American Rescue Plan (ARP), signed into law March 11, 2021, provides $122 billion in direct K-12 funding. The federal support will help schools throughout the country reopen schools safely and keeping them open, implement robust academic recovery interventions, and address student mental health needs. But to unleash ARP’s enormous potential — and enable optimal student learning, Congress must also address an issue that preceded the pandemic: outdated and crumbling K-12 facilities due to decades of underinvestment. The problem is severe and hampers tens of thousands of schools throughout the country.

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Source: NAESP, May 12, 2021.