Schools will have to absorb $5M they used to buy PPE in pandemicâs early days
Schools to absorb $5M they used to buy PPE in pandemicâs early days
By Lynn Kawano | January 13, 2021 at 5:46 PM HST - Updated January 13 at 6:46 PM
Itâs money they thought theyâd get back in federal emergency funds.
In a legislative briefing Wednesday, state education leaders said they were under the impression that the PPE spending would be reimbursed by the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency.
âIn the early days, the schools provided and took the proactive measures of getting the PPEs,â assistant Superintendent Randall Tanaka told state senators.