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How to Fix the Strategy for Healthy Schools and Children
Healthy Schools Network
September 17, 2025
How to Fix the Strategy for Healthy Schools and Children
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The beginning of the school year is a great time to consider key questions about school conditions and practices that can affect children and staff.
Healthy Schools Network is coordinating a push by leading children’s health and education advocates to put PreK-12 school environmental health at the center of the Trump administration’s Make America Healthy Again strategy for children’s health.
This is astonishing success in today’s political environment—although many challenges await before a final EPA’s funding bill is sent to the president for signature.
The Coalition’s letter was signed by an impressive array of state, national, and local leaders in health, education, and environmental policy.
Healthy Schools Network, joined by over 40 leading state, federal, and Tribal organizations, is proud to support a Congressional effort to provide $100 million in FY 2026 funding for EPA’s programs on healthy schools and children’s health.
Guest post by Jeffrey Peterson – Flooding can damage school buildings and other infrastructure and pose risks to the health of students, teachers, and staff.
Washington has been consumed with the Trump-Musk fracas and the Congressional debate over President Trump’s
The two letters (House and Senate) urge $100 million for EPA’s assistance to schools, including the Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Tools for Schools program.
Is your school planning or doing renovations or repairs? Make sure that contractors protect occupants from dust, fumes, debris, and heavy equipment.
See our RESOURCES on safe renovation practices.