National Alliance Issues Statement on Passage of the American Rescue Plan Act
PreK-12 Schools to Receive Nearly $123B in Emergency Funding
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WASHINGTON, March 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools applauds the passage of the American Rescue Plan Act and the support it will provide for public education. The new law will provide $122.7 billion for PreK-12 education through the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER III) fund including at least $28 billion for afterschool and summer learning programs and other evidence-based strategies for addressing learning loss. Emergency relief dollars will go to State Education Agencies and Local Educational Agencies (LEAs) for distribution to schools. For charter schools that operate as their own LEAs, funds will go directly to those schools. Based on the proportion of students enrolled in public charter schools, an estimated $7 billion
Biden struggles with school reopenings
Ashley Parker, Laura Meckler, Fenit Nirappil and Annie Linskey, The Washington Post
March 7, 2021
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Preschooler Korey Hill works on an alphabet puzzle at Patterson Elementary School in Washington on Friday, Feb. 26, 2021.Photo for The Washington Post by Evelyn Hockstein
WASHINGTON - The promise was clear and hopeful: With strong public health measures, President-elect Joe Biden declared in early December, the majority of our schools can be open by the end of my first 100 days.
The reality has been far more complicated.
First came the clarification on Biden s first full day as president, when the administration released a 200-page coronavirus response plan that explained that the schools reopening schedule included only K-8 schools - not high schools - in those first 100 days.
To open schools amid the pandemic, Biden must grapple with competing constituencies including teachers unions, parents and students and with the reality that the federal government has little direct control over the issue.
After weeks of inaction, bills on school choice private scholarships, charter schools advance in Iowa House Stephen Gruber-Miller, Des Moines Register
In condition of the state, Reynolds calls for open enrollment in every school district
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Proposals to give taxpayer-funded scholarships to help some students attend private schools and to rewrite the rules for forming charter schools are advancing in the Iowa House after weeks of inaction.
The proposals are part of Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds broad education agenda this year, but House lawmakers are considering them as separate pieces of legislation. Both bills advanced through subcommittee hearings on Tuesday, making them eligible for consideration by the full House Education Committee.
Parents and Students Welcome First Lady Jill Biden to Connecticut and Invite Her to #GetSchooled
Outdoor Classroom Erected to Show How CT Kids are Being Left Out in the Cold
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MERIDEN, Conn., March 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Today, March 3, Jill Biden will be making her inaugural trip to Connecticut as First Lady. She is a teacher, a mother, and America s First Lady, and the people of Connecticut have a message for her: Our kids are depending on you. Dr. Biden is coming to visit Meriden, Conn., the hometown of the new Secretary of Education, Miguel Cardona. She will also be joined by Secretary Cardona. Parents from across the state hope their visit will draw national draw attention to the urgent needs of students in Connecticut.