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During his Tuesday press conference, Gov. Andy Beshear announced a new executive order that recommends all school districts, including private schools, offer or expand some form of in-person instructional opportunities beginning March 1.
Richmond School Board votes to approve relief funding
RPS board approves funding By A.J. Nwoko | February 23, 2021 at 11:32 PM EST - Updated February 25 at 10:43 AM
RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - In a near-unanimous decision, the Richmond School Board voted 8-1 to approve the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) fund to receive $54 million to be used for FY22 and FY23.
The board approved the funding with the following amendments:
Include $14 million: $8 million for FY22 and $6 million for FY23 to replace the year-round additional learning support
Reduce funding for facilitated learning centers from $2.5 to $2.1 million
Use $400,000 for increasing custodial staff from 10 to 17 with the addition of one assistant
Indianapolis Public Schools Faces $18M Shortfall Next Year, Considers Cuts, Layoffs
Indianapolis Public Schools
Indianapolis Public Schools leaders said Tuesday they could be forced to lay off employees this summer due to an expected $18 million shortfall in the 2021-22 school year. This comes with an expected decline in the state s per-student funding level at the district.
The district is already facing a $15 million shortfall this academic year, with a 4 percent dip in enrollment, but it has not yet made budget cuts at individual schools in response.
Superintendent Aleesia Johnson said that may be hard to avoid in next school year, as operations and staff at school buildings and central office are reviewed.
Dear Secretary Dortch:
We the undersigned organizations submit these comments pursuant to the Federal Communications Commission’s rules (47 C.F.R. §§ 1.415 & 1.419) in response to the abovereferenced proceeding that the FCC announced in its Public Notice DA 21-98 (“Notice”) of February 1, 2021.
In its Notice, the FCC focuses on specific areas of inquiry, including on page 6 where it asks for comments addressing “Funding and Prioritization,” stating that “substantially more funding might be needed than is potentially available to support remote learning through the E-Rate program.”
2 Our comments seek to illustrate how:
Additional funding for the E-Rate program is currently unnecessary because of the availability of more than $60 billion in public funding still unspent from other congressionally created programs. The FCC should assist in these disbursements before considering E-Rate expansion.