Federal pandemic relief measures brought in $178 million to Knox County Schools. The money paid for technology upgrades, tutors and career empowerment. But the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund expires this year, and school districts around the country have to make decisions about what programs to continue when only local and state taxpayers
Alaska is asking the U.S. Department of Education to waive a federal requirement placed on federal COVID relief funds after the feds alleged the state failed to pay $29 million to four urban school districts. At the center of the dispute: a hold—harmless provision designed to protect school districts with students from low-income families and
When New Jersey received more than $6.2 billion in pandemic relief funding from the federal government three years ago, major projects like eviction and homelessness prevention programs and small business grants were at topped the list of programs to receive benefits. But not everything that is expected to receive money is so clearly connected to