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San Antonio area school leaders, facing loss of millions in state funding, plead for continued grace period
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Third-grader Masyn Uriegas (front) joins other students in class at Pearce Elementary at Southside ISD on Dec. 3. Classes there are a combination of online and in-person learning.Kin Man Hui /Staff photographer
School districts in Bexar County are at risk of losing a collective $85 million in state funding during the second half of the school year if Texas policymakers don’t change their current course.
A grace period that has funded schools at pre-pandemic enrollment levels is set to expire at the end of the year. Many school leaders have said the coronavirus pandemic has dropped enrollment and no rebound is likely as long as COVID-19 cases continue to surge.