Most of the first part of the funding, about $8.4 million, is currently paying for the school district’s greatly expanded summer school. That money includes funding to charted schools and the district's Marion Technical College. “Most of the funding spans two years and is being spent on summer school,” said Greg Davis, a school district spokesman. He said that money includes salaries and benefits for teachers and paraprofessionals. It will also cover “technology, including Chromebooks, laptops, licenses, and other software and items and equipment.” On June 20, there were 6,144 students attending summer school: 3,455 in elementary, 1,283 in middle school and 1,786 in high school. That is about double the number of students who typically attend summer school.