BASIC Press Releases & Letters

Press Statements: 2025

• BASIC Statement on Republican Passed Reconciliation Bill, July 3, 2025

• BASIC Statement on 2025 National Infrastructure Report Card, March 26, 2025

• BASIC Statement on Executive Order to Close Department of Education, March 20, 2025

Press Statements: 2020-2024

• BASIC Statement on House FY 2025 LHHS-Ed Bill, July 12, 2024.

• BASIC Coalition Commends ED, January 4, 2024.

• BASIC - Pass the Rebuild America’s Schools Act: Invest in Safe and Healthy Buildings, July 28, 2023.

• BASIC - U.S. Department of Education Launches Strategic Support for K-12 Public School Infrastructure, June 6, 2023

• BASIC Coalition Statement on President Biden’s FY24 Education Budget, March 10, 2023.

• BASIC – Senate FY23 Bill Would Support Technical Assistance and Training on School Facilities, July 29, 2022.

• BASIC Applauds the U.S. Conference of Mayors for Passing a Resolution on School Facility Infrastructure, July 1, 2022.

• BASIC Commends Chairman Scott For His Commitment to Passage of RASA Act, May 18, 2022

• BASIC Statement on Biden-Harris Action Plan for Building Better School Infrastructure, April 5, 2022

• BASIC Statement on Education Infrastructure in President’s FY2023 Education Budget, April 1, 2022

• BASIC Praises House Education and Labor Reconciliation Bill’s Inclusion of $82 Billion to Modernize K-12 Schools, September 9, 2021

• BASIC Pressures Leadership for $100 Billion for School Facilities in Reconciliation, July 28, 2021

• BASIC - Schools Belong in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, June 29, 2021.

• BASIC Calls For An Increase in Grants for Schools in Infrastructure Plan, March 31, 2021

• BASIC Applauds Congress and the Administration on the Passage of the Education American Rescue Plan, March 11, 2021

• BASIC Statement on the Reopen and Rebuild America’s Schools Act (RRASA), January 29, 2021

• BASIC Statement on Second COVID Relief Package, December 22, 2020

• BASIC Statement on Supporting the Economic Justice Act, November 9, 2020

  • Economic Justice Act Section by Section Summary

• BASIC Statement on the Heroes Act 2.0, September 30, 2020

• The Central Challenges for Reopening Schools are Lack of Funding and Timely Access to Unbiased Information, August 24, 2020

• HEALS Act Falls Short: School Infrastructure Coalition Calls for $10 Billion for Facilities to Reopen Schools Safely, July 28, 2020

• BASIC Applauds U.S. House for Passing $1.5 Trillion, Invest in America Act, July 1, 2020

  • Read Section K—the Reopen and Rebuild America’s Schools Act within H.R. 2.

  • See your state’s K-12 infrastructure funding allocation, July 1, 2020

• BASIC Applauds House Leadership for Including School Infrastructure in Proposed Economic Stimulus Package, June 18, 2020