Education officials seek input, draft plan for federal aid
May 4, 2021
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) The Kentucky Department of Education is seeking opinions from various people and groups as it drafts a plan for how to spend federal aid.
Officials are gathering input from stakeholders as it develops plans to use its portion of American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds, a statement from the agency said. The Education Department is asking students, families, educators, civil rights organizations and others to take an eight-question survey that will be offered in English and Spanish through May 7.
The survey asks about top issues students are facing and needs they have that are related to impacts from the coronavirus pandemic.
The Kentucky Department of Education is seeking opinions from various people and groups as it drafts a plan for how to spend federal aid. A statement from the agency says officials are gathering input from stakeholders as it develops plans to use about $2 billion of American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds.
The Education Department is asking students, families, educators, civil rights organizations and others to take an eight-question survey that will be offered through May 7. The survey asks about top issues students are facing and needs they have that are related to impacts from the coronavirus pandemic.
As school districts near the end of a school year turned upside down by the COVID-19 pandemic, research is finding that the disruption in learning has caused learning loss that likely will impact student achievement.
âOur school communities have experienced and continue to experience many challenges during the pandemic, and learning loss is a significant issue students are facing in Pennsylvania and across the nation,â Acting Secretary of Education Noe Ortega said last week.
Local schools have reported a spike in the number of students who have failing grades and an increase in the number of students who will repeat grades after a year trying to adapt to remote and hybrid learning.
By: Augusta McDonnell
OKLAHOMA CITY -
Some students experiencing homelessness have shifted their focus from studies to survival as the COVID-19 pandemic isolates them from their schools.
“It’s really hard if you didn’t eat last night or sleep or you’re hiding from an abuser or any of these kinds of things. Logging onto a Zoom meeting is really the last thing you’re thinking about doing,” said Amy Brewer, Director of Education at Positive Tomorrow, a nonprofit that supports students experiencing homelessness.
Monday, the U.S. Department of Education released nearly $2.5 million to the Oklahoma State Department of Education to support these students.
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