WDC supports this initiative with the requirement that these funds only be used for the installation of natural surfaces and not for synthetic surfaces(whether poured-in-place/flexipave, or synthetic turf field). There is growing, alarming evidence that synthetic turf is dangerous to our children.
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This bill establishes a competitive Translation Grant program within the State Department of Education to provide grants to public schools that are experiencing a significant number of requests to translate educational materials into a student's or parent's native language.
Read more2018 Written Testimony | Support HB 0505
This bill will end the perverse incentive to install unhealthy, unsanitary, unsustainable, and fiscally irresponsible synthetic surfaces, and will support the installation of healthy, sustainable, cost-effective, and durable natural surfaces in the playgrounds and athletic fields used by our children.
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