Here’s What Schools Actually Did With The Billions In COVID Bucks Meant For Improved Ventilation

months and receiving billions of dollars to install high-quality air-filtration systems during the COVID-19 pandemic, most of them never installed those systems, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report.

Nearly two-thirds of schools have no plans to install higher quality heating and air systems, including high-efficiency particulate air-filtration (HEPA) systems, according to the CDC.

Instead of using the American Rescue Plan funds for new ventilation systems, schools have spent them on projects like equity programs