Last week, the Senate took up the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (H.R. 3684), a $1 trillion bipartisan public works bill that includes an extension of the Secure Rural Schools program, lead pipe removal, and electrified school buses.
In response to the failure of the For the People Act (S. 1) to muster the 60-vote supermajority necessary to advance in the Senate, Democrats are revising the bill in hopes of attracting more support (all 50 Republican senators voted against it earlier this summer).
Educators share the effects of unsafe drinking water on students. In the 25 states that tested their water, 44 percent of schools tested positive for lead.
