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H.R.3021: To direct the Secretary of Education to make grants to State educational agencies for the modernization, renovation, or repair of public school facilities, and for other purposes.

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July 23, 2008 The House passed school facilities act

But the bill – HR 3021 – is awaiting Senate approval, and the White House has “threatened a veto, saying it was wrong for the federal government to launch a costly new school building program,” according to the Associated Press. ...

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July 07, 2008 The Green Schools Act Will Lessen Your Child’s Carbon Footprint

One hurdle I always encounter is funding, so I look forward to federal assistance to green our school should HR 3021 become law; however, the White House has vowed to veto this bill. Image: Darren Hester on Flickr under a Creative ...

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July 07, 2008 The Green Schools Act Will Lessen Your Child’s Carbon Footprint

One hurdle I always encounter is funding, so I look forward to federal assistance to green our school should HR 3021 become law; however, the White House has vowed to veto this bill. Image: Darren Hester on Flickr under a Creative ...

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June 26, 2008 Public Schools Could Get $ for Building Green

Thanks to Seattle’s The Green Parent for alerting us to the 21st Century Green High-Performing Public Schools Facilities Act (aka HR 3021). It’sa school construction program with a green building requirement. Makes good sense to require ...

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June 25, 2008 Public Schools Could Get $ for Building Green

Thanks to Seattle's The Green Parent for alerting us to the 21st Century Green High-Performing Public Schools Facilities Act (aka HR 3021). It's a school construction program with a green building requirement. ...

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June 24, 2008 Rob Wittman (VA-01) Votes Against Improvements In Education

I was pleased to see that the US House passed HR 3021 the 21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act, directing the Secretary of Education to make grants and low-interest loans to local educational agencies for the ...

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June 23, 2008 HR 3021- 21st Century Green High-Performing Public School ...

...grant is not paying the entire cost of the project. Contracting bids should include women and minority bids, presumably because women and minorities cannot compete in an open m......

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June 21, 2008 Congress Takes Important Steps to Promote Stewardship of the Environment

Congress Takes Important Steps to Promote Stewardship of the Environment June 21st, 2008 Green activity heats up the Hill ... Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act (H.R.3021); the House Subcommittee

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June 19, 2008 This is what leadership looks like

Also in Washington, the House passed a bill, HR 3021, that would provide grants to state school systems to make schools more energy-efficient. An amendment sponsored by Oregon's Earl Blumenauer also included provisions to allow the ...

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June 17, 2008 A. Siegel: Greening the School House

Last month, to far (FAR) less attention than it merited, the House of Representatives passed the 21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act with $20 billion for greening public schools across the nation. ...

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June 17, 2008 A. Siegel: Greening the School House

Anyone listening to the floor debate over HR 3021 might have thought they were watching a school-board meeting. Fixing the plumbing in your local public school shouldn't be a congressional concern. Fortunately, President Bush is ...

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June 15, 2008 Greening the School House

Last month, to far (FAR) less attention than it merited, the House of Representatives (facing an Administration veto threat) passed the 21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act with $20 billion for greening public ...

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June 13, 2008 Green Schools

Last week, the house approved the 21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act, HR 3021, legislation to make schools greener, and improve conditions for those with environmentally linked health problems. ...

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June 13, 2008 Greening the School House

Anyone listening to the floor debate over HR 3021 might have thought they were watching a school-board meeting. Fixing the plumbing in your local public school shouldn’t be a congressional concern. Fortunately, President Bush is ...

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June 13, 2008 New Stories Online

iPhone 3G must be activated in-store (and other followup questions answered). Posted: 13 Jun 2008 06:49 PM CDT. Yesterday we went over a few of the more confusing bits of the iPhone 3G launch — and let's be honest, the details of this ...

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June 13, 2008 Green Schools: HR 3021 to Make Schools Greener

Last week, the house approved the 21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act, HR 3021, legislation to make schools greener, and improve conditions for those with environmentally linked health problems. ...

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June 13, 2008 Green Schools: HR 3021 to Make Schools Greener

Last week, the house approved the 21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act, HR 3021, legislation to make schools greener, and improve conditions for those with environmentally linked health problems. ...

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June 13, 2008 Green Schools: HR 3021 to Make Schools Greener

Last week, the house approved the 21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act, HR 3021, legislation to make schools greener, and improve conditions for those with environmentally linked health problems.

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June 11, 2008 Caught in the Web.

... DC - The House of Representatives has passed legislation that will provide nearly $7 billion in grants to help our nations’ K-12 schools go green. Called the 21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act (HR 3021), ...

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June 11, 2008 Congress Moves toward “Buy American” Steel for Schools

The 21st-Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act (HR 3021) would mandate American made steel in all public school construction projects. The legislation is supported by the Congressional Steel Caucus. Earlier ...

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June 11, 2008 American Steel Requirement Included in School Facilities Bill

On June 4, Congressman Pete Visclosky (D-Ind.) successfully introduced an amendment to HR 3021, the 21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act, which would require all school construction funded by the bill to use ...

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June 10, 2008 Union Pork, Davis Bacon

From the SAP for HR 3021, the 21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act:. Moreover, school modernization and repair projects would be considered an ‘applicable program’ under General Education Provisions Act (GEPA) ...

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June 10, 2008 Bart steel amendment requires American S...

The amendment to the 21st Century Green High-Performing PublicSchool Facilities Act (HR 3021) would apply to all modernization,renovation, or repair projects funded under this legislation. Our children deserve safe and healthy learning ...

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June 10, 2008 Billions for Green Building for Schools Passes the House of ...

Last week the House of Representatives passed HR 3021, which authorized $6.4 billion in fiscal 2009 to build environmentally friendly public schools and an additional $500 million over five years to help reconstruct public schools ...

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June 10, 2008 The Conaway Chronicle

Last week, the House voted to pass the 21 st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act (HR 3021). This bill authorizes $6.4 billion to make grants for local education agencies for the construction, repair, ...

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Today was historic one in Congress for Guam, as speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi appointed Guam congressional delegate Madeleine Bordallo to preside over the House for more than an hour for debate on HR 3021, ...

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June 09, 2008 Rob Wittman Votes Against Improving Our Schools

I was pleased to see that the US House passed HR 3021 the 21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act, directing the Secretary of Education to make grants and low-interest loans to local educational agencies for the ...

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June 09, 2008 Congress puts unions first

Anyone listening to the floor debate over HR 3021 might have thought they were watching a school-board meeting. Fixing the plumbing in your local public school shouldn’t be a congressional concern. Fortunately, President Bush is ...

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June 09, 2008 House Passed the Green School Bill

Did you hear about the 21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act (Bill- HR 3021) passed by the House (250-164) last week with a goal at making schools greener? The bill has to go before the senate and has the ...

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June 09, 2008 HR 3021, the 21st Century Green High-Performing Public School ...

I'm glad to hear that HR 3021 has passed the House. It's a bill aimed at modernizing school facilities with green standards. There's more to education than just providing teachers and textbooks; students need to be in environments that ...

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