and they are never any to suck billions of dollars out of the federal government. our weak president keeps falling for it. we know our children can be safe when in school by the way. that s why i believe schools should remain open. you know, they have what they need, we provided the states with 130 billion with a b, billion dollars to specifically keep our students safe and schools open. lawrence: wow, that s a lot of money. just to fight covid in the classroom. where did it go? the city of chicago has already taken in $2 billion in government funding for covid. spent 32 million on comprehensive curly responsible curriculum developed through the curriculum equity initiative. that sounds like crt to me but what i do know? it wasn t just the windy city who foolishly spent their funding milwaukee allocated 24 million to social emotional
need because the american rescue plan, the first month we were in office or second month that i signed in march, we provided the states with 130 billion, with a b, billion dollars to specifically keep our students safe and schools open. lawrence: so, if we remember, the teachers unions made it very clear they need to be the first people to get the covid shot we gave in to them. they also said if they re going to open up the schools they needed to redo the ventilation system make the schools safer so they can return back to work. where did all the money go? so chicago, $32 million to comprehensive culturally responsive curriculum development through the curriculum equity initiative. voted to close, to return to remote learning and then you have got milwaukee they re allocated 24 million to social emotional learning. and then $100,000 for anti-racism and bias professional development no. in person classes until at least