Sec. 113. Allowable uses of funds
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A local educational agency receiving a grant under this subtitle shall use the grant for modernization, renovation, or repair of public school facilities (including early learning facilities and charter schools, as appropriate), including— repair, replacement, or installation of roofs, including extensive, intensive or semi-intensive green roofs, electrical wiring, water supply and plumbing systems, sewage systems, storm water runoff systems, lighting systems, building envelope, windows, ceilings, flooring, or doors, including security doors; repair, replacement, or installation of heating, ventilation, or air conditioning systems, including insulation, and conducting indoor air quality assessments; compliance with fire, health, seismic, and safety codes, including professional installation of fire and life safety alarms, and modernizations, renovations, and repairs that ensure that schools are prepared for emergencies, such as improving building infrastructure to accommodate security measures and installing or upgrading technology to ensure that schools are able to respond to emergencies such as acts of terrorism, campus violence, and natural disasters; retrofitting necessary to increase the energy efficiency and water efficiency of public school facilities; modifications necessary to make facilities accessible in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq. ) and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ( 29 U.S.C. 794 ); abatement, removal, or interim controls of asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls, mold, mildew, lead-based hazards, including lead-based paint hazards, or a proven carcinogen; measures designed to reduce or eliminate human exposure to classroom noise and environmental noise pollution; modernization, renovation, or repair necessary to reduce the consumption of coal, electricity, land, natural gas, oil, or water; installation or upgrading of educational technology infrastructure; modernization, renovation, or repair of science and engineering laboratories, libraries, and career and technical education facilities, and improvements to building infrastructure to accommodate bicycle and pedestrian access; installation or upgrading of renewable energy generation and heating systems, including solar, photovoltaic, wind, biomass (including wood pellet and woody biomass), waste-to-energy, and solar-thermal and geothermal systems, and for energy audits; measures designed to reduce or eliminate human exposure to airborne particles such as dust, sand, and pollens; creating greenhouses, gardens (including trees), and other facilities for environmental, scientific, or other educational purposes, or to produce energy savings; modernizing, renovating, or repairing physical education facilities for students, including upgrading or installing recreational structures made from post-consumer recovered materials in accordance with the comprehensive procurement guidelines prepared by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under section 6002(e) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act ( 42 U.S.C. 6962(e) ); other modernization, renovation, or repair of public school facilities to— improve teachers’ ability to teach and students’ ability to learn; ensure the health and safety of students and staff; make them more energy efficient; or reduce class size; and required environmental remediation related to modernization, renovation, or repair described in paragraphs
(1)through (15). A local educational agency receiving a grant under this title may not use more than 1 percent of such grant funds for administrative costs.
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