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This year, there are 6,474 students enrolled in Alabama schools across 59 different school districts that are not currently included in the Foundation Allocation program that funds Alabama’s schools – and with that funding deficit comes a requirement that local funding pick up those costs.
Sen. Chris Elliott (R -Daphne) recently had a bill signed by Governor Ivey that he hopes can change that and help growing school systems across Alabama get their fair share of funding.
“Under current law, the Foundation Program that funds our schools uses prior year enrollment to get those funding numbers for each year, meaning every system is using last year’s numbers to fund this year’s student population,” Elliott said. “This puts our growing school systems at a huge disadvantage year after year, as we’ve got kids in these schools that have no state or federal funding available to cover their needs. We need to make sure every kid in Alabama is having their school nee
Another round of P-EBT benefits coming to eligible Alabama families The Alabama Department of Human Resources has announced federal approval to distribute a second round of Pandemic EBT benefits to eligible families. (Source: Gray Television) By WSFA Staff | April 14, 2021 at 8:49 PM CDT - Updated April 14 at 9:38 PM
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - The Alabama Department of Human Resources has announced federal approval to distribute a second round of Pandemic EBT (P-EBT) benefits to eligible families.
Officials say P-EBT benefits will start rolling out in late spring or early summer to qualifying households with children in grades K-12. This includes pre-K students in public and some private schools. Benefits may also be available to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients with children under 6 years old.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved Alabama’s plan to send more aid to families with school-age children and SNAP recipients with children under 6 years old.
The Pandemic EBT benefits aim to help children who normally would get free or reduced-price lunches before schools closed for the pandemic. While many schools sent lunches home during remote schooling, not all did, and some families also needed help getting nutritious breakfast and snacks, officials said.
Eligible pre-K and K-12 students are those who lost access to free or reduced-price meals during the 2020-21 school year because their schools were closed or operating with virtual or hybrid learning models. No application is required. The Alabama State Department of Education is providing the names of eligible children to the Department of Human Resources.
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The Fort Payne Board of Education recently approved the purchase of two 2022 Blue Bird Type âDâ passenger T3FE 3909 buses with rooftop air conditioners for $123,520.00 each. The school system is purchasing the school buses through Sourcewell using a pre-approved cooperative purchasing agreement approved by the Alabama State Department of Education, for a total investment of $247,040.00.
The action was taken at the March 26 meeting, which was moved up to an earlier time due to a severe weather threat. Superintendent Jim Cunningham announced he would dismiss school early that day and expressed his appreciation to Anthony Clifton, director of the DeKalb County Emergency Management Agency. There ended up being no damage to school property.