TEN IDEAS BIDEN HAS PROPOSED FOR EDUCATION

■ Triple funding for Title I, the federal aid program for schools with a high percentage of students from low- income families, and require school districts to use the money to offer educators competitive salaries.

■ Double the maximum Pell grant. About 108,000 University System of Georgia students — approximately 40% of its undergraduate students — received Pell grants last year. Pell grants are awarded to students whose annual household incomes are typically less than $ 60,000.

■ Double the number of school psychologists, counselors, nurses, social workers, and other health professionals.

■ Free tuition at community colleges for Dreamers, students brought here by their parents as children, and adults seeking new job skills.

■ Include in federal infrastructure legislation funding to improve public school buildings, focusing first on addressing health risks.

Invest $ 20 billion in infrastructure for Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Tribal Colleges And Universities and Minority Serving Institutions. Georgia has nine accredited HBCUS. Dalton State College in 2018 became the first Hispanic Serving Institution in the state.

■ More money for special needs students. Biden says the federal government has underfunded the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.

■ Boost funding for agricultural research at land- grant universities. The University of Georgia and Fort Valley State University are among the landgrant universities in Georgia.

■ Grants to school districts to create plans and implement strategies to diversify their schools.

■ Offer incentives to states to help students — particularly low- income students, military veterans and single parents — pay for childcare, tutoring, textbooks and other expenses.