NEW: Justification for Biden's K-12 plan IDs $145 billion in needs. It's a massive jolt to help schools reopen and provides big $ to confront pressing challenges such as learning loss and mental health needs now and in the future. Breakdown includes:

$60B to prevent layoffs

$3.5B for physical barriers/social distancing

$14B for increased custodial staff

$14B for social distancing on buses

$6B for PPE

$50B for reducing class size/social distancing

$3B for school nurses

$29B for learning loss/extended learning
time/summer school/tutors

$10B for improving school pysch/counselor ratios

$7B for remote learning

$100M for community schools

$2B for ed equity gap challenge grants

There's been "why is this money needed?" pushback, but this justification clearly lays out the needs. One component that's not included, though, is HVAC/ventilation—a big priority for @NAESP members. Hopefully, ultimate bill would be ESSER-like and this would be an allowable use.

credit @John_Bailey who put out the breakdown