{"id":7121,"date":"2021-08-19T20:10:07","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T20:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-cosponsored-bill-to-upgrade-georgias-public-schools-passes-senate-in-bipartisan-infrastructure-bill\/"},"modified":"2021-09-14T20:21:39","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T20:21:39","slug":"sen-ossoff-cosponsored-bill-to-upgrade-georgias-public-schools-passes-senate-in-bipartisan-infrastructure-bill","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-cosponsored-bill-to-upgrade-georgias-public-schools-passes-senate-in-bipartisan-infrastructure-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Ossoff-Cosponsored Bill to Upgrade Georgia\u2019s Public Schools Passes Senate in Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Legislation would create a $500 million federal grant program to make schools safer, more energy efficient<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Washington, D.C.<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013\u2013 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff\u2019s co-sponsored legislation to upgrade Georgia\u2019s public school buildings passed as part of the bipartisan infrastructure bill in the U.S. Senate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<em>Renew America\u2019s Schools Act&nbsp;<\/em>will provide $500 million over five years to upgrade public school facilities in Georgia and nationwide, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Facility improvements for air quality, daylighting, ventilation, and lighting upgrades;<\/li><li>Installation of renewable energy technologies to power school systems; and<\/li><li>Purchase of zero-emissions vehicles and infrastructure.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGood news for Georgia\u2019s kids, parents, and teachers \u2014 the Senate has passed our bipartisan bill to upgrade Georgia&#8217;s public schools so school facilities are newer, safer, better, and healthier,\u201d&nbsp;<strong>Sen. Ossoff said.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please find a copy of the bill,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/senate-bill\/694\/text\">aqu\u00ed<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legislation would create a $500 million federal grant program to make schools safer, more energy efficient Washington, D.C.&nbsp;\u2013\u2013 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff\u2019s co-sponsored legislation to upgrade Georgia\u2019s public school buildings passed as part of the bipartisan infrastructure bill in the U.S. Senate. The&nbsp;Renew America\u2019s Schools Act&nbsp;will provide $500 million over five years to upgrade public [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7121","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/7121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/7121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7393,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/7121\/revisions\/7393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}