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Below are details of the $56 million allocated to CMS: $56 million is conditionally allocated to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools and can be expended once the district provides an educational attainment plan to the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners that articulates the district’s plan for the spending of County dollars to address gaps in educational attainment. The plan should include quantifiable goals, strategies, targets, and timeframes to: Improve the performance of the 42 low performing schools within the school district Improve performance scores and grades for all individual disaggregated subgroups including economically disadvantaged students and students from major racial and ethnic groups Ensure that that at least 75% of students within all demographic subgroups graduate with at least one State endorsement by the end of the 2024 school year ....
Reducing racial disparities included in nearly $2B budget recommended for Mecklenburg County The $1.99-billion recommended budget is an increase of $96 million, or 5 percent, over the current fiscal year 2021 operating budget. (Source: Mecklenburg County) By WBTV Web Staff | May 6, 2021 at 5:07 PM EDT - Updated May 6 at 5:07 PM MECKLENBURG COUNTY, N.C. (WBTV) - Millions of dollars aimed at reducing racial disparities has been included in a nearly $2 billion recommended budget for Mecklenburg County for fiscal year 2022. County Manager Dena R. Diorio presented her recommended budget for fiscal year 2022 Thursday to the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners (BOCC). The $1.99-billion recommended budget is an increase of $96 million, or 5 percent, over the current fiscal year 2021 operating budget. ....
WFAE Changes in eligibility come after failures during the first round of the Paycheck Protection Program, failures that caused many minority-owned businesses to miss out on receiving a loan. Está historia está disponible en español en La Noticia. Businesses across the country were forced to close their doors last March as statewide lockdowns went into effect. So the announcement of financial support for business owners through the Paycheck Protection Program was a relief. But instead of getting help, many minority-owned small businesses were denied PPP loans. “A lot of people really just got turned down for loans,” said Shanté Williams, director of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Black Chamber of Commerce. “Even though they could show that they were hurting. They could show what they used to make prior to 2020, and it just wasn t enough. ....