State Districts Will Receive $2.6 Million In Fire Safety Grants
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Sen. Tom Harkin said Iowa schools will share in more than $8 million for building and repair projects. The funding comes through two pilot programs Harkin created to help local school districts with construction and upgrades to meet fire codes.
Iowa districts will receive almost $2.6 million in fire safety grants and districts will receive nearly $5.6 million for construction and renovation that will require local matching funds.
According to the General Accounting Office, 79 percent of Iowa schools report a need to repair or upgrade their buildings.
Notice that the construction and renovation money requires local matching funds.
Harkin gets re-elected because he brings home chunks of bacon and hopes we won't remember the nut-case stuff he says and does on Capitol Hill. So far it's working out for him. Not so much for the rest of us.
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