A bill that passed the legislature this session makes HVAC funding more accessible to school districts, and Lieutenant Governor Susan Bysiewicz and Department of Administrative Services Commissioner Michelle Halloran Gilman visited East Hartford High School today to get the word out about the grant program, which goes live August 1.
Making facility improvements to ensure better air quality in schools can be prohibitively expensive, which is why a bill before the legislature that would allow schools to apply for state bonding to cover the cost of those upgrades is so essential.
Marking National Healthy Schools Day, Connecticut’s School Indoor Air Quality Working Group called on policymakers to continue funding and prioritizing healthy teaching and learning environments for the state’s public school educators, staff, and students.
Classrooms were over 100 degrees. Crayons were melted, tables warped, magnets curled and fell off the boards, candies melted, floors buckled. Medical concerns when the temperature of the room was…