The funding will start this month and go through September of next year. Author: Taelore Hicks (WMAZ) Updated: 11:47 PM EDT June 2, 2021
MACON, Ga. The COVID-19 pandemic caused children all over the world to play catch up with their school work, which created learning gaps for many students.
Governor Brian Kemp took steps this week to close that gap, starting with Georgia s Boys & Girls Clubs.
Kemp announced the organization will receive $15 million over the next year.
Xavianna Syphrett has been enrolled into the Boys & Girls Club since she was 9-years-old.
She is now 18 and says the summer program played a big role in getting her where she is today.
Governor Brian Kemp announced yesterday the availability of $15 million in Governor’s Emergency Education Relief (GEER) funds to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Georgia to advance student academic achievement by addressing learning recovery and other critical needs of youth brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, $15 million will be awarded to serve 9,000 […]
Henderson County Public Schools and Blue Ridge Community College officials hope a new financial aid program launched by North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper will give more high school seniors the opportunity to go to college.
Without federal stimulus money, states would have cut tax appropriations for higher education by 2.3 percent. But how states are spending the billions in stimulus varies.