Democrats Quietly Nix Biden’s $100b For School Modernization From Infrastructure Package

Democrats slashed – and ultimately deleted – $100 billion in funding for school modernization that Joe Biden had targeted in his budget package, shocking educators, school officials, and activists.

On a hot late August day, less than 24 hours before students at Science Leadership Academy at Beeber in Philadelphia were set to return to classrooms – the majority for the first time in 18 months – city council member Helen Gym joined educators, parents, and students in front of the school's red doors and stately columns to protest the unsafe conditions inside, where an ongoing construction project had left asbestos exposed, layers of dust caking hallways, and a rat infestation.