Were Federal Covid Relief Funds for Schools Enough?Congress responded to the COVID pandemic's disruptions to instruction with unprecedented federal aid for school districts. While this relief has been widely chaGordon, NoraReber, SarahSocial Science Electronic Publishing...
More than 200 students are eligible for the aid, with the average student qualifying for about $3,200 in relief, Antonio Boyle, vice president for strategic enrollment management, said."Too many graduates across the country will leave their schools burdened by debt, making it difficult fo...
Federal COVID-19 relief will help Michigan schools by providing much-needed aid. DETROIT (FOX 2) - A newly signed COVID-19 relief package will provide funds to numerous areas, including education. Nearly $130 billion of the package will go to help K-12 schools reopen across the country. ...
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said Sunday that states and school districts should use federal COVID-19 relief funds to address teacher shortages as students across the country begin a new school year, urging institutions to quickly take action to provide the kind of comprehensive instruction that...
The Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief(ESSER) fundhelps American schools create safe learning environments for students (in-person and virtual) to address learning losses caused by the pandemic and support students’ mental health. Each state is allocated a portion of the funds and can...
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- La Salle University is the latest college in Philadelphia to announce it has cleared student balances using federal COVID-19 relief funds. Two days ago, La Salle University sophomore Cas Borowitz received a phone call most could only dream of getting. Borowitz learned...
[32] Funds from the federal Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER) should help address some of public schools' COVID-related costs in preparation for the 2021-2022 school year. The Connecticut Department of Education has targeted that funding to pay for technology, online ...
Public school budgets are a mess heading into next school year but it's not for a lack of dollars—President Joe Biden's COVID-19 windfall for public schools is backfiring. During the pandemic, Congress doled out $190 billion in K-12 relief aid, which created a fiscal cliff and helped...
The federal Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER) allocates $190 billion to the nation’s schools to address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. How these funds are deployed will likely pivot on the unique needs of students within each state and district...
In Friday’s letter to DeSantis and Corcoran, Cardona pointed to how Florida school districts can use funds from federal Covid relief for educators’ salaries, noting that “any threat by Florida to withhold salaries from superintendents and school board members who are working to protect students...