School District of the City of York getting nearly $3.4 million to remediate environmental hazards in school buildings

Rep. Carol Hill-Evans September 12, 2024 | 3:33 PM

YORK, Sept. 12 – State Rep. Carol Hill-Evans, D-York, announced today that the School District of the City of York will receive a $3,371,068 grant from the state to cover the costs of remediating the district’s school buildings and make them safer.

The money will be used to fix environmental hazards, including elimination of lead, mold, and asbestos; and to repair and replace heaters and air conditioners where needed. The grant comes from the state’s Public School Environmental Repairs Program, under funding approved by the legislature in the 2023-24 state budget.

“The School District of the City of York does a tremendous job of budgeting what it receives, but Pennsylvania’s history of underfunding school districts in regions like ours has left it unable to finance these renovations that don’t quite qualify as urgent,” Hill-Evans said. “We worked hard to pass a new public school funding formula this year that makes incredible strides in fixing this inequity, and this funding to give YCSD an extra bump to remediate its school buildings is part of that. Our students absolutely deserve this. Every child should have a safe, modern place to learn no matter where they live. Students in regions with more working-class families work just as hard as kids born into wealthier areas, and they deserve the same opportunities.”

A total of $75 million was available for the competitive grant program established in 2023, and 109 school districts and technical centers across the state received grants in this round. Projects require a cash match of 50% of total eligible project costs.

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