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Alabama schools have until June 1 to explain how they’ll spend $900 million in COVID funds
Updated May 14, 2021;
That is the second of three buckets of federal aid that state Board of Education member Wayne Reynolds called a “windfall” during Thursday’s work session in Montgomery. It comes on top of a CARES Act allocation last year.
The first round of money, known as the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief or ESSER I funding, provided $216 million for Alabama schools. It was designed to reimburse schools for expenses when schools closed in March 2020 and to help them reopen in August; most schools reported plans to spend money on remote learning programs, cleaning and PPE supplies and stipends for staff. Districts have until September 2022 to spend ESSER I funds.
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Don’t call it summer school: Battling the COVID slide in math, science, reading with summer programs
Updated Mar 10, 2021;
Posted Mar 10, 2021
A student works on an electric keyboard during a summer learning program at Tuscaloosa City Schools in 2019. Programs went virtual in 2020, but hope to resume in-person enrichment and academic options this year. Courtesy of Tuscaloosa City Schools.
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Lots of experts say summer learning mixing academics with fun activities is a great way to keep kids on track after a difficult year and help others catch up.
Just don’t call it summer school.
“The acid test of a good summer learning program is if the kids think they’re at camp, but the teachers know they’re at school,” said Jim Wooten, who leads the Alabama-based group called Summer Adventures in Learning, or SAIL, which provides funding for summer learning programs.