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The looming budget crunch is unfolding at schools across the country as millions of dollars in coronavirus-pandemic relief aid is set to expire.

CUPE’s Nova Scotia School Board Council of Unions represents approximately 5,400 workers throughout the province including bus drivers, cleaners, maintenance staff, educational program assistants and early childhood educators, along with other roles.

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy said he would not support adding $15 million to boost the wages of child care workers despite calls from advocates who say such a move is needed to prevent child care providers from falling “off a cliff.”

Iris Samuels is a reporter for the Anchorage Daily News focusing on state politics. She previously covered Montana for The Associated Press and Report for America and wrote for the Kodiak Daily Mirror. Contact her at isamuels@adn.com.

Districts are facing severe budget shortfalls and wrestling with difficult decisions, like closing schools, eliminating positions and increasing class sizes.