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ESSER funds
Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief is three federally funded stimulus packages that are largely distributed based on a districtâs Title 1 formula. Schools are given the funding to address their COVID-19 related expenses and learning loss.
What is Title 1?
The federal government distributes over $14.5 billion a year to states and schools for their underprivileged students.
The basic formula allocates funds to schools based on the number of lower income students. A district qualifies for this if at least 10 children and 2 percent of the student body lives below the poverty line.
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School districts across the country are preparing for more kindergartners to be enrolling in the fall.
“We anticipate that Wisconsin is going to be similar to the nation and that we are going to see a bubble year and see more families enrolling their kids in kindergarten,“ said Sheila Briggs, an assistant State Superintendent at the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
If there is an increase in enrollment, Wisconsin schools could see slightly larger class sizes. This issue is nothing new for Wisconsin educators who are used to adjusing staffing plans in the fall.
However, an ongoing issue in Wisconsin, that could create more of a problem this fall, is a teacher staffing shortage.
Fairfax County, Virginia - Fairfax County Public Library summer reading programs help prevent a backslide in children’s learning during the long break from school.