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PA Democratic Lawmakers Pushing to Use Stimulus Funds to Fix Public Schools

Nathaniel Hamilton for WHYY
Benjamin Franklin High School, located on North Broad Street, was forced to close in 2019 due to exposed asbestos.

A coalition of Democratic lawmakers in Harrisburg are pushing to use some of the funding Pennsylvania is expected to receive from the next federal stimulus to help fix aging public schools. WHYY Keystone Crossroads’ Miles Bryan reports.

(Original air-date: 2/22/21)