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Funding

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Why Districts Are Taking a Second Look at Gaggle, Even in a Budget Crunch

District leaders are being asked to do the impossible right now: protect student safety, support mental health, and maintain compliance, all while...

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Dollar bills on book pile

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Racing Against the Clock: Spending and Obligating Stimulus Dollars

The Education Stabilization Fund and Governor’s Emergency Education Relief (GEER) Fund have provided funding to help with challenges faced by...

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Graduation cap atop U.S. dollar bills

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Emergency Education Funding: Where Are We Now?

We all know the past two years have been a wild ride, and none of us are certain when it will stop being full of so many highs and lows. All of the...

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Students raising hands in classroom

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ESSA: Title IV Funding Guidelines

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) eliminated 49 programs under No Child Left Behind (NCLB), creating one large block grant to increase the ways...

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Mind, Mission, and Money

How can your district put stimulus funding into action to enhance the look and feel of education in the post-COVID-19 era? How might you resource...

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Students and teacher in school wearing masks

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Funding Student Mental Health Efforts in the Post-Pandemic Era

In March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic drastically changed education for most students across the country. Since then, districts have had to shift...

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American flag and the White House

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Education in a Biden Administration

It’s no secret that 2020 was an unusual year that changed the education landscape. Now that we’re well into 2021, educators across the country are...

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American Rescue Plan Provides Funds for Student Well-Being

President Biden completed his first major promise in office: getting Congress to pass the $1.9 trillion stimulus package, known as the American...

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Education funding; piggy bank with money

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American Rescue Plan: $130B for Education Relief

Just as the education world is deciphering the last round of stimulus funds, President Joe Biden announced $130 billion for education relief once he...

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Stimulus and Omnibus: Funding Education in 2021

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Stimulus and Omnibus: Funding Education in 2021

The House and Senate both passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, a $2.3 trillion package that is essentially two bills. One is a $900...

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