WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich issued the following news release:
U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and a former outdoor educator, and U.S. Representative Summer Lee (D-Pa.) introduced the Revitalizing America's Schoolyards Act, bicameral legislation to help schools in New Mexico, Pennsylvania, and nationwide transform schoolyards into vibrant, nature-rich spaces for learning, play, and community use.
For many kids, the closest outdoor space is an asphalt schoolyard - offering little opportunity for safe play, shade, or connection to nature. The Revitalizing America's Schoolyards Act helps address this by providing grants to schools and districts to...