April 08, 2021 9:13 PM
State and federal grant money is going a long way to help soften the financial blow of Claremont Unified School District’s reopening and pandemic-related expenses.
The district will have received $19.3 million in government grant money when all is said and done, most all of it earmarked for specific COVID-19 mitigation related expenses. Thus far it has spent $4.2 million and has received $4 million, with much more on the way soon.
“As far as when we will receive it, it varies depending on the funding source,” said Lisa Shoemaker, CUSD’s assistant superintendent, business services. “We should be getting most of it between now and September. But again, that is just a cash flow issue. It doesn’t affect when we can spend the dollars. Most of the grants do have deadlines for fully expending them however, and most of those deadlines are within the next two to three years.”