Feds approve Nevada plan to spend COVID-19 relief funds for schools

The U.S. Department of Education announced Monday it had approved Nevada’s program to walk national coronavirus schoolhouse alleviation money.

Nevada’s program for spending the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ARP ESSER) backing calls for the wealth to beryllium utilized for schoolhouse reopening and to “sustain the harmless cognition of schools and equitably grow accidental for students who request it most, peculiarly those astir impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic,” according to a quality release.

In total, the authorities is receiving much than $1 cardinal successful ARP ESSER funds. With the support of the state’s plan, the remaining $358 cardinal is being released.

The state’s program besides prioritizes “supporting the social, emotional, and intelligence wellbeing of our students, educators, and staff; addressing the impacts of interrupted learning; and recruiting and retaining the effectual educators needed to conscionable those goals,” Nevada Superintendent of Public Instruction Jhone Ebert said successful the quality release.

So far, the U.S. Department of Education has approved 37 authorities plans for ARP ESSER backing since June.

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