This agreement provides funding to the go green initiative (GGI)

This $7,999,065 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the "Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act" (CFDA 66.034) program provides funding to the Go Green Initiative (GGI) to partner with the National School Boards Association (NSBA) and their state affiliates. The key objectives are to:

1. Conduct capacity building with up to 40 school districts across all 10 EPA regions, focused on low-income and tribal communities. This will include enacting school board policies, completing baseline assessments, providing training, developing and implementing IAQ management and GHG reduction plans, and conducting community engagement.

2. Deliver multi-modal training and education on IAQ management and GHG reduction for facility staff, health officers, and key decision-makers in low-income, disadvantaged, and tribal K-12 schools and districts. This will leverage in-person, live online, and on-demand digital content.

The grant period runs from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2029. NSBA will provide the mechanism to engage school board members and administrators nationwide, as well as support for subawards to the target school districts participating in the capacity building program.

Specifically, the recipient will partner with the national school boards association (nsba) and their state affiliates to bring unprecedented attention to IAQ management and GHG reduction to the nation's school board members and senior school district administrators who are responsible for policy and budgeting for IAQ and GHG reduction. They will include multimodal education and training for all stakeholder groups involved in school IAQ and GHG emissions across all fifty states, as well as targeted, intensive technical assistance and capacity building in tribal and low-income school districts in all ten EPA regions. Activities:the activities include the following: - capacity building: the grantee will conduct four (4) annual cohorts of up to ten (10) school districts that meet the target district criteria - one school district from each of the EPA regions. Over the course of the grant, the grantee will reach approximately forty (40) school districts that will be required to: (1) enact school board policy to address both IAQ management and GHG reduction; (2) complete baseline IAQ and GHG assessments; (3) ensure key school district stakeholders complete training; (4) complete a plan to manage IAQ and reduce GHG emissions; (5) enact IAQ management and GHG reduction plans districtwide; (6) measure, quantify and report IAQ and GHG's annually; and (7) conduct meaningful community engagement. The grantee plans to provide schools districts participant support costs to complete the requirements of the program. Cohorts will meet online throughout the year, and in person at the annual nsba conference. School districts in each annual cohort will receive weekly, intensive technical assistance, support, and project management support from GGI staff. Using the data from the target districts, GGI will create a national database of IAQ and GHG reduction plans which will be shared with EPA and other stakeholders. -training and education: the grantee will utilize the following five (5) elements to deliver training and education: (1) in-person training; (2) live online training; (3) online, on-demand training using a high-quality learning management system (LMS); (4) online communication platforms besides LMS and website; (5) policy development. All digital forms of training will be made available to any school district in the U.S. At no cost. 1. IAQ and GHG reduction capacity building targeting facility management staff, health officers, and key decision makers at k-12 schools and/or school districts in low-income and disadvantaged communities. 2. Tribal IAQ and GHG reduction capacity building targeting facility management staff, health officers, and key decision makers at k-12 schools in tribal communities. 3. IAQ and GHG reduction training and education campaign for facility management staff and health officers at k-12 schools and school districts in low-income, disadvantaged, and tribal communities, and/or the development of qualified k-12 school staff necessary to execute comprehensive IAQ and GHG reduction plans. Subrecipient:nsba will provide both the mechanism to communicate with school board members and senior school district administrators nationwide, and personnel with deep connections to low-income and tribal schools. Subawards for target districts in the capacity building program to complete various stages of the program, and printing costs. Nsba and its networks and target districts are vital to the success of this project. Outcomes:the intended beneficiaries from this national in scope project include schools and school districts located in low-income, disadvantaged, and tribal communities nationwide. The anticipated deliverables include providing in-person, online, and on demand training on IAQ and GHG reduction. In order to accomplish the primary goal to facilitate the adoption of new IAQ and GHG reduction plans in three TH