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Schools will have to absorb $5M they used to buy PPE in pandemicâs early days
Schools to absorb $5M they used to buy PPE in pandemicâs early days By Lynn Kawano | January 13, 2021 at 5:46 PM HST - Updated January 13 at 6:46 PM
Itâs money they thought theyâd get back in federal emergency funds.
In a legislative briefing Wednesday, state education leaders said they were under the impression that the PPE spending would be reimbursed by the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency.
âIn the early days, the schools provided and took the proactive measures of getting the PPEs,â assistant Superintendent Randall Tanaka told state senators.
The Department of Education is still trying to determine the impact of the governor’s proposed cuts.The number of jobs that could be lost has been adjusted and appears to be less than originally thought.