Stimulus funding and South Texas School Districts, what's going on? - Alice Echo News-Journal

President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan for stimulus federal funding on Thursday, March 11, which included $12.5 billion for Texas schools.

The $12.5 billion stimulus package is in addition to the $1.3 billion and $5.5 billion provided under the first two rounds of COVID-19-related federal stimulus legislation.

However, state leaders replaced that money (meaning they swapped out state funding for federal funding).

Several South Texas school district leaders are urging that legislators flow a larger percentage of the federal funds to districts, and not use it to replace local or state funding.

Unlike many Texas school districts, Premont ISD has doubled its attendance even amidst the pandemic prompting a question about the "hold harmless" policy.

Published On: Fri, 02 Apr 2021 18:27:26 GMT