THE Federal Emergency Management Agency has reversed its earlier decision to reject the CNMI’s request for a local matching grant waiver, U.S. Congressman Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan said.
THEÂ administration has yet to remit over $4.7 million to the Public School System, PSS Finance Director Arlene Lizama said during a recent Board of Education meeting.
Board of Education Vice Chairman Herman Atalig, left, speaks while Chairman Andrew Orsini listens during a BOE meeting on Capital Hill Thursday.
Photo by Emmanuel T. Erediano
In related news, U.S. Congressman Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan said he has introduced three bills in the U.S. House of Representatives that would provide more federal funding to CNMI education.
On Thursday, Lizama told the BOE that the CNMIÂ government was supposed to have transferred to PSS a total of $8 million by Jan. 27 based on the fiscal year 2021 budget or Public Law 21-35.
U.S. Rep. Leger Fernández Introduces Bill To Recover Lost Time In The Classroom After Severe Impact From Covid-19
From the Office of Teresa Leger Fernández:
WASHINGTON U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) joined Chairman Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03) and U.S. Rep. Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan (CNMI-at Large) Thursday to introduce the
Learning Recovery Act, a bill to help students recover lost time in the classroom.
The bill is introduced in response to the severe impact that the COVID-19 pandemic had on students, educators and parents.
“The pandemic has widened the divide where our students in Title I schools, those with the least resources, have suffered the greatest learning challenges and losses. We must not abandon these children. Additional Title I funding is essential to set our schools on a path towards equitable recovery. With love and concern for our children, I am proud to co-lead the Learning Recovery Act with Chairman Bobby Scott to extend lear
Covid-19 vaccine roll out starts in parts of the Pacific
BioNTech and Pfizer s mRNA coronavirus vaccine. Photo / Supplied
Covid-19 vaccine roll out starts in parts of the Pacific
By Sela Hopgood of RNZ
Covid-19 vaccinations begin in the Northern Mariana Islands this weekend, but it s not yet clear when other Pacific countries will have access to a vaccine.
The Northern Marianas, which is a US territory, was expecting 5,000 doses of The Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine to arrive during the week, and vaccinations to start today, RNZ Pacific correspondent Mark Rabago said.
The vaccine had already been approved in the USA and UK. It must be stored at around -70C, and transported in special boxes, packed in dry ice.
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