San Antonio school leaders cheer state funding extension - but some are nervous about strings attached Andres Picon, Danya Perez, San Antonio Express-News March 4, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 1of5 A second grade student works math problems in Armando Vela's classroom as IDEA Carver administrators showed off their schools last November.Tom Reel /Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less 2of5 The $5.5 billion in federal funds approved for educational needs in Texas has yet to materialize. This after the state used $1.3 billion in federal stimulus funding for public schools instead to fulfill its own obligation.Godofredo A. Vásquez /Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less 3of5 Vanessa Garza, an intervention teacher at Copperfield Elementary School in the Judson ISD, works with students on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020.Billy Calzada, Staff / Billy CalzadaShow MoreShow Less