Department of Education

H. INFRASTRUCTURE

Fiscal Year 2022 Budget

CONTENTS

Page

Appropriation, Adjustments, and Transfers...............................................................................H-1

Authorizing Legislation..............................................................................................................H-2

Summary of Request ................................................................................................................H-3

Activity:......................................................................................................................................H-4

Infrastructure ........................................................................................................................ H-4

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Appropriation, Adjustments, and Transfers

(dollars in thousands)

Appropriation/Adjustments/Transfers 2020 2021 2022

Mandatory:

Discretionary Appropriation .................................................... 0 0 $12,400,000

Discretionary Total, mandatory appropriation................... 0 0 $12,400,000
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Authorizing Legislation

(dollars in thousands)

Activity

2021

Authorized footnote

2021

Estimatefootnote

2022

Authorizedfootnote

2022

Budget

Language Acquisition: AmAmerican Families Plan (Proposed legislation)... 0 0 To be determined $12,400,000
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Summary of Request

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FISCAL YEAR 2022 PRESIDENT'S BUDGET

(in thousands of dollars)

Cat

Code

2020

Appropriation

2021

Appropriation

2022

Request

2022 Request Compared to

2021 Appropriation

Amount Percent

1.

2.

Total M 0 0 12,400,000 12,400,000 ---

NOTES: D = discretionary program; M = mandatory program

Detail may not add to totals due to rounding.

K-12 School infrastructure (proposed legislation) M 0 0 10,000,000 10,000,000 ---

Community college infrastructure (proposed legislation) M 0 0 2,400,000 2,400,000 ---

Infrastructure

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Activity:

Infrastructure

(Proposed legislation)

(dollars in thousands)

FY 2022 Authorization: To be determined

Mandatory Budget Authority:

2021

Appropriation

2022

Request

Change from

2021 to 2022

K-12 Infrastructure 0 $10,000,000 $10,000,000

Community College Infrastructure 0 2,400,000 2,400,000

Total 0 12,400,000 12,400,000

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Infrastructure programs for K-12 schools and community colleges, proposed as part of 

President Biden’s American Jobs Plan, would modernize our Nation’s schools to help close the 

opportunity gap faced by many students from low-income families and students of color.

The K-12 Infrastructure program would provide $10 billion in fiscal year 2022, and a total of 

$50 billion over the next five years, to upgrade existing buildings and build new public schools to 

help ensure that schools are safe and healthy places of teaching and learning for students, 

teachers, and other education professionals. For example, a key priority of longstanding 

concern, recently highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic, would be improving indoor air quality 

and ventilation; another goal would be to ensure access to safe drinking water, such as by 

replacement of lead pipes. The K-12 Infrastructure program also would invest in cutting-edge, 

energy-efficient, energy storage and electrified, resilient, and innovative school buildings, with 

technology and labs that will help our educators prepare students for both higher education and 

our increasingly technology-enabled workplaces. Under this program, better operating school 

facilities would reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and also would serve as environments 

of community resilience with green space, clean air, and safe places to gather, especially during 

natural disasters or other emergencies. In addition, funds would be used to improve school 

kitchens, so they can be used to better prepare nutritious meals for students and support efforts 

to “go green” by reducing or eliminating the use of paper plates and other disposable materials.

The Community College Infrastructure program would provide $2.4 billion annually over the next 

five years, for a total of $12 billion, to invest in community college facilities and technology in 

order to help protect the health and safety of students and faculty, address education deserts 

(particularly for rural communities), grow local economies, improve energy efficiency and 

resilience, and narrow funding inequities. States will be responsible for using the funds to 

address both existing physical and technological infrastructure needs at community colleges 

and to expand access to community college in education deserts.
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Both programs would ensure that funds support good-paying union jobs with labor protections. 

Grant recipients must pay prevailing wages; use workers enrolled in a registered apprenticeship 

program; enter Project Labor, Community Labor, and local hire agreements; remain neutral for 

purposes of collective bargaining; comply with Buy/Ship America requirements; and refrain from 

requiring mandatory arbitration for employment disputes.

FY 2022 BUDGET

The American Jobs Plan would provide $12.4 billion in mandatory funding in 2022, and a total of 

$62 billion over five years, to support K-12 and Community College Infrastructure programs. 

First year funding in fiscal year 2022 would include $10 billion in grant support for the K-12 

Infrastructure program and $2.4 billion for the Community College Infrastructure program. Too 

many students attend schools that are run-down, unsafe, and pose health risks. These 

conditions are dangerous for students and exist disproportionately in schools with high 

percentages of low-income students and students of color. The American Society of Civil 

Engineers gives our K-12 school infrastructure a “D+.” The Administration believes we must 

invest in building and upgrading modern, resilient, and energy-efficient schools, and in the 

process, employ American workers in jobs with good wages and benefits.

PROGRAM PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

Performance Measures

The Department will establish goals and performance indicators to assess the impact and 

effectiveness of activities supported through the K-12 and Community College Infrastructure 

programs. Potential indicators include the number of renovated or new schools, the number of 

jobs created, and projected operating cost savings achieved through energy efficiency 

improvements.

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