President-elect Joe Biden is proposing $130 billion in federal aid for U.S. public K-12 schools, as part of an almost $2 trillion COVID relief stimulus package.
If the school funding is approved by the soon-to-be Democratic-controlled Congress, Michigan schools could receive an infusion of between $3 billion and $4 billion. That would provide a one-year, roughly 25-percent boost in the annual school aid fund of about $13.5 billion.
That amount of cash the equivalent of about $2,500 per public school student could be instrumental in efforts to help students who’ve struggled academically during the pandemic.
Just what those efforts would look like will vary by district, and depend on how money is distributed and limitations federal officials place on the spending. Some of it will address COVID safety, such as improved ventilation, more transportation to allow students to socially distance, or PPE equipment. But conversations with Michigan school leaders also reveal a growing
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