Bill · S. 1275· Senate(119-S-1275)
Impact Aid Infrastructure Partnership Act
- Introduced
- 4/3/2025
- Last activity
- 4/3/2025 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- Sponsored by
- Mazie Hirono
- Cosponsors
- - 11 - 0
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
The Impact Aid Infrastructure Partnership Act aims to provide construction funding to local educational agencies eligible for Impact Aid. The bill establishes a Federal-local community partnership to address facility needs like repairs, modernization, and replacements. It authorizes $250,000,000 for the first fiscal year and each of the three succeeding years. Funding is divided into competitive grants and formula grants. Competitive grants prioritize agencies with facilities facing health hazards or failing to meet specific standards. The program is designed to expire after a 4-year period.
Yes· 3 of 11
Would Native Americans be better off under this?+7
The bill specifically targets agencies serving students on Indian Treaty and Federal trust land.
Does this put more money into public schools?+7
The bill authorizes significant new funding specifically for school construction, renovation, and repair.
Would children be better off under this?+6
The bill aims to improve the safety, health, and learning environments of school facilities for students.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Improved Safety and Health: The bill prioritizes funding for agencies with facilities that violate building codes or fail to meet health and safety standards regarding ventilation, structural integrity, and water safety (Section 4).
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Enhanced Learning Environments: By addressing issues like classroom space, technology infrastructure, and noise, the bill aims to improve the quality of the learning environment (Section 4).
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Support for Teacher Retention: The bill allows for grants to address the need for teacher housing, which is a challenge in certain areas where private housing is unavailable (Section 2 and Section 4).
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Financial Assistance for Low-Capacity Agencies: Formula grants are designed to assist local educational agencies that have no capacity to issue bonds due to large parcels of non-taxable Federal property (Section 2).
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Accessibility Improvements: The grant process includes addressing failures to meet accessibility standards for persons with disabilities (Section 4).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
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Requirement for Local Funding: Certain local educational agencies may be required to pay a non-Federal share of the total project cost, ranging from 10 percent to 25 percent (Section 8).
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Limited Duration of Program: The authority to award these grants is set to expire after a 4-year period (Section 3).
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Good For Native Americans+7Good For Children+6Good For Students+6Good For People With Disabilities+5Good For Rural Residents+5
- Education And Technology
- Increases Public School Funding+7Improves Internet Access+3
- Social Issues And Justice
- Improves Disability Rights+5Improves Affordable Housing+4
- Environment Energy And Infrastructure
- Improves Rural Development+5Improves Environmental Protections+3
- 4/30/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 4/3/2025
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- 10 Cosponsors added.
- Introduced in Senate
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Richard BlumenthalDemocrat · Connecticut
Richard DurbinDemocrat · Illinois
Kirsten GillibrandDemocrat · New York
Ruben GallegoDemocrat · Arizona
Martin HeinrichDemocrat · New Mexico
Amy KlobucharDemocrat · Minnesota
Mark KellyDemocrat · Arizona
Ben LujánDemocrat · New Mexico
Alex PadillaDemocrat · California
Brian SchatzDemocrat · Hawaii
Tina SmithDemocrat · Minnesota