After months of delays, state leaders announced this week that Texas would start distributing $11.2 billion in federal aid to help students recover from learning loss during the pandemic. It comes after some Democrats and school leaders pressed Gov. Greg Abbott to begin distributing the money that was approved for use months ago.
Emily Donaldson is a reporter for The Dallas Morning News Education Lab. She told Texas Standard that Texas had been slow to distribute the funding, compared to other states. But now that the state is picking up the pace, the money can go toward things like additional classes and mental health services to help catch kids up for the next school year.
Candidates in Dallas ISD’s lone trustee race differ on school choice, ‘Black Lives Matter’ resolution
Only one of three DISD races is contested this year: the District 9 vote between board President Justin Henry and challenger Ulana Sigler.
Only one of three races is contested in 2021: the District 9 vote between board president Justin Henry and challenger Ulana Sigler. The board’s longest-serving members, Edwin Flores and Dan Micciche, are both unopposed on the May 1 ballot in District 1 and 3 respectively, and will serve for three more years.(Shaban Athuman / Staff Photographer)
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The Dallas school board will see little if any change as the district seeks to find its footing amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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