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Created: May 18, 2021 03:38 PM The first tangible result of the budget deal announce by Gov. Tim Walz and legislative leaders on Monday is $75 million in funding for "summer learning" programs across Minnesota to help students who fell behind during the pandemic. "This was going to be the recovery from COVID budget," the governor said during a visit to Otter Lake Elementary School in White Bear Lake. "It needed to focus on kids, schools, it needed to focus on families and it needed to focus on small businesses." Minnesota Education Commissioner Heather Mueller says the money will ...
By Pat Sweeney May 18, 2021 | 4:42 PM Governor Tim Walz today announced a plan to fund enhanced summer learning programs in Minnesota to help students recover from the learning challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Governor will allocate $75 million of the state’s flexible American Rescue Plan funds to provide academic enrichment and mental health support this summer and beyond for Minnesota’s students, families, educators, communities, and schools. Governor Walz made the announcement today at Otter Lake Elementary School in White Bear Lake. Photos from the event are attached. ...
The COVID-19 pandemic hit Minnesota's child care industry hard Jennifer Austin © Provided by KARE-TV Minneapolis-St. Paul On a warm May afternoon, the activity in Liz Harris' Cottage Grove backyard seemed back to what it was before the pandemic. The kids enrolled at her in-home daycare were playing a game of tag, swinging, and scrambling up the jungle gym. Harris had been fully vaccinated for some time, lifting concern that she would get sick. Popular Searches But it isn't hard for her to remember when things were less certain. "To lose over 60% of your business in the blink...
By Doug Barrett May 19, 2021 | 8:13 AM Governor Tim Walz has announced a $75 million dollar plan to use federal COVID-19 dollars to enhance summer learning programs. The money is part of the flexible State Fiscal Stabilization Funds in President Biden’s American Rescue Plan. Walz says the summer programs will help make up for missed learning opportunities during the pandemic. Among the priorities the new funding will address academic and mental health support…preschool programs…tutoring…adult basic education…and college readiness initiatives. Academic and Mental Health ...