Celebrating National Healthy Schools Day

April 4, 2023

Healthy indoor air quality should be a basic right afforded to everyone, especially children who spend about 1,000 hours per year at school, second only to their homes. A recent report from UndauntedK12 and RMI explains that unhealthy indoor air quality can lead to or exacerbate childhood asthma, which is already responsible for more than 13 million missed school days a year, and causes an increase in blood pressure and cancer risk. Even worse, these outcomes often disproportionately fall on children affected by poverty.

UndauntedK12 is proud to celebrate National Healthy Schools Day and urges policymakers, lawmakers, and school district leaders to modernize HVAC systems and invest in other technologies to support healthy schools. We can’t have healthy schools without healthy indoor air quality. 

“There’s no better time to make the switch to an all-electric HVAC system than right now — it’s a win for student health and will save money long term. School districts should act now to seize new funding opportunities available through the Inflation Reduction Act and safeguard student health and opportunities to learn,” said Sara Ross, co-founder of UndauntedK12.