U.S. Representative Jahana Hayes said President Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID relief plan contains a provision that would provide school districts with short
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.
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Norcross, Education Leaders Introduce Bills to Reopen and Rebuild America’s Schools, Save Education Jobs, and Recover Lost Time in the Classroom January 28, 2021, 2:59 pm | in
Norcross, Education Leaders Introduce Bills to Reopen and Rebuild America’s Schools, Save Education Jobs, and Recover Lost Time in the Classroom
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) joined House Committee on Education and Labor Chairman Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03), Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05), Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernandez (NM-03) and Congressman Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan (CNMI-at Large) to introduce a package of education bills to reopen and rebuild our schools, save educators jobs and help students recover lost time in the classroom.