BASIC Press Releases & Letters

• BASIC Coalition Commends ED, January 4, 2024.

• BASIC - Pass the Rebuild America’s Schools Act: Invest in Safe and Healthy Buildings, July 28, 2023.

• BASIC - U.S. Department of Education Launches Strategic Support for K-12 Public School Infrastructure, June 6, 2023

• BASIC Coalition Statement on President Biden’s FY24 Education Budget, March 10, 2023.

• BASIC – Senate FY23 Bill Would Support Technical Assistance and Training on School Facilities, July 29, 2022.

• BASIC Applauds the U.S. Conference of Mayors for Passing a Resolution on School Facility Infrastructure, July 1, 2022.

• BASIC Commends Chairman Scott For His Commitment to Passage of RASA Act, May 18, 2022

• BASIC Statement on Biden-Harris Action Plan for Building Better School Infrastructure, April 5, 2022

• BASIC Statement on Education Infrastructure in President’s FY2023 Education Budget, April 1, 2022

• BASIC Praises House Education and Labor Reconciliation Bill’s Inclusion of $82 Billion to Modernize K-12 Schools, September 9, 2021

• BASIC Pressures Leadership for $100 Billion for School Facilities in Reconciliation, July 28, 2021

• BASIC - Schools Belong in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, June 29, 2021.

• BASIC Letter to President Biden Calling for Public School Facilities to be an Essential Part of the American Jobs Plan, May 13, 2021.

• BASIC Calls For An Increase in Grants for Schools in Infrastructure Plan, March 31, 2021

• BASIC Letter to House Leadership Asking to Include PK12 Public School Infrastructure in Stimulus, March 29, 2021

• BASIC Applauds Congress and the Administration on the Passage of the Education American Rescue Plan, March 11, 2021

• BASIC Statement on the Reopen and Rebuild America’s Schools Act (RRASA), January 29, 2021

• BASIC Letter to Biden-Harris Education Agency Review Team - School Infrastructure Recommendations, January 18, 2021

• BASIC Letter to Biden-Harris Education Agency Review Team - First 100 Days, January 18, 2021

• BASIC Statement on Second COVID Relief Package, December 22, 2020

• BASIC Letter to the Biden Transition Team on Reopening Schools and Facilities Infrastructure, December 2, 2020

• BASIC Statement on Supporting the Economic Justice Act, November 9, 2020

  • Economic Justice Act Section by Section Summary

• BASIC Statement on the Heroes Act 2.0, September 30, 2020

• The Central Challenges for Reopening Schools are Lack of Funding and Timely Access to Unbiased Information, August 24, 2020

• HEALS Act Falls Short: School Infrastructure Coalition Calls for $10 Billion for Facilities to Reopen Schools Safely, July 28, 2020

• BASIC Letter to Congressional Leadership for $10 billion for emergency school building repairs and system renewals in the next COVID-19 emergency relief package, July 15, 2020

• BASIC Applauds U.S. House for Passing $1.5 Trillion, Invest in America Act, July 1, 2020

  • Read Section K—the Reopen and Rebuild America’s Schools Act within H.R. 2.

  • See your state’s K-12 infrastructure funding allocation, July 1, 2020

• BASIC Applauds House Leadership for Including School Infrastructure in Proposed Economic Stimulus Package, June 18, 2020

• BASIC Letter to Congressional Leadership on School Infrastructure Stimulus,

  May 7, 2020

• BASIC Letter to Members on RASA after Speaker Pelosi Press Conference, March 5, 2020

• BASIC Supports Congress’s Commitment to Infrastructure Impacting Children, January 30, 2020

• BASIC Letter to President Trump Regarding White House Infrastructure Talks, May 20, 2019

• BASIC Supports the Rebuild America’s Schools Act, January 30, 2019

• Blog, 21st Century School Fund: Opportunity Zones Should Help Modernize Public School Facilities, October 5, 2018

• BASIC Campaign Media Primer - Back to School, September 4, 2018

• Today is National Back to School Day: Coalition for Healthier Schools urges new action for clean, green and healthy schools for all children, August 7, 2018

• National Association of Federally Impacted Schools calls for impact aid funding, July 26, 2018

• BASIC's Response to President Trump Infrastructure Bill's release, February 13, 2018

• BASIC Launches to Support Federal Investment in Public School Facilities, January 29, 2018

• Issue Brief #1: 10 things you need to know, January 26, 2018

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Media Contacts

Mary Filardo
21st Century School Fund
Washington, DC
202-285-8947
mfilardo@21csf.org

Jeff Vincent
Center for Cities + Schools
Berkeley, CA
510-642-1628
jvincent@berkeley.edu

Mike Pickens
National Council on School Facilities
Washington, DC
michael.e.pickens@outlook.com

Brian Kennedy
International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftsworkers
Washington, DC
202-783-3788
bkennedy@bacweb.org

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