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The Arizona Department of Education distributed more than $1 billion in a second round of pandemic relief funds, but local school districts noticed big differences in the allotment amounts that they hope can be addressed before additional funding opportunities.Â
The Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) II Funds were distributed in February, and while local schools have expressed their concerns over the formula, the ADE said they do not have the authority to change it.Â
March 4, 2021
WASHINGTON – Educators across the state Thursday were calling Gov. Doug Ducey’s surprise back-to-school order disruptive, challenging and frustrating, a last-minute complication to reopening plans that many schools already had in the works.
School officials, from the state level on down, said they were given little notice before Ducey’s announcement on Wednesday and are now scrambling to properly prepare classrooms for the return of teachers and students less than two weeks away.
“It really is a challenge for schools that had spent time planning and preparing,” said Richie Taylor, an Arizona Department of Education spokesperson. “Some of the big districts in central Phoenix had already made plans to return to in-person and had readied their staff and made operational plans around that, with slightly different dates.”
New executive order sets reopening date for Arizonaâs public schools
KMSB 9-10 p.m. recurring (FROM SB) - clipped version By KOLD News 13 Staff | March 3, 2021 at 1:29 PM MST - Updated March 3 at 11:30 PM
TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - Gov. Doug Ducey issued an executive order Wednesday, mandating schools must return to in-person learning by Monday, March 15, 2021, or after schoolsâ spring break.
Exceptions will be made for middle and high schools in counties with a high level of COVID-19 spread, which includes Coconino, Yavapai, and Pinal counties, according to a news release from the governorâs office. However, students can continue remote learning if their parent or guardian chooses.
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