Lawmaker Bu secures W2.15b in special education grants for Yongin schools

Bu Seung-chan, a Democratic Party lawmaker representing Yongin-byeong in Gyeonggi Province, announced Wednesday that he has secured 2.15 billion won ($1.6 million) in special grants from the Ministry of Education for the 2027 fiscal year to fund facility upgrades at three schools in Suji-gu, Yongin.

The funds break down as follows: 570 million won for corridor window replacement and door upgrades at Sinbong High School, 320 million won for asphalt concrete repaving of internal roads at Ihyeon Middle School, and 1.26 billion won for a dormitory expansion at Jungang Yedahm School.

Sinbong High School will replace corridor windows and entrance doors that have been in use for 14 years since the school opened. Ihyeon Middle School will repave its deteriorating internal roads with asphalt concrete. Jungang Yedahm School plans to expand its dormitory to increase student accommodation capacity.

Bu said he visited each school to hear facility improvement requests firsthand and held ongoing consultations with the Ministry of Education and the Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education on the need for the projects before securing the funding.

"I will work to improve school facilities and educational conditions so that students can focus on their studies in a better learning environment," Bu said. "I will continue to listen to voices from the field and make sustained efforts to improve educational conditions in ways that students and parents can actually feel."