Every South County school district will be using an influx of federal money over the next three years to address challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, in what one local school leader is calling a “once-in-a-generation opportunity for schools.”
Like county and municipal governments that received federal CARES Act funds to mitigate the pandemic, school districts across the country have also received federal funds called Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief, or ESSER.
The federal government has passed three relief packages in response to COVID-19 since March 2020, including support for elementary and secondary education.
The legislation amounts to more than $193 billion in aid to schools, with the majority of relief funds disbursed based on Title 1, the funds districts receive based on percentage of low-income students.
Samuel Cassidy, 57, opened fire at the at the Valley Transportation Authority yard in Santa Clara shortly before 7am, before he turned the gun on himself.