Michigan education leaders request ‘unrestricted’ federal, state funds for 2021
Updated Dec 14, 2020;
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With one semester of this unprecedented school year close to complete, Michigan education leaders across the state now understand the extra costs associated with COVID-19 prevention.
Coronavirus-associated expenditures are well on their way to reaching nearly $1 billion in combined additional costs for school districts statewide, said Robert McCann, executive director for The K-12 Alliance of Michigan, in a Thursday, Dec. 10 virtual press conference.
While the CARES Act supplied federal money restricted to COVID-19-associated costs, these education leaders and superintendents want “unrestricted” funds to balance the next year’s budget.