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Schools can keep serving free meals through 2021-22

Matt Zalaznick -
School districts will be able to provide free meals for students through the end of the 2021-22 school year due to extension nutrition waivers by Biden's USDA.

Teacher pay raises, and 2 more COVID funding concerns

Matt Zalaznick -
The COVID pandemic's threat to rising per-student-spending and climbing teacher salaries remains unclear, say researchers who compiled the NEA's annual school funding report. 

5 things cautiously optimistic K-12 leaders say about the future

Matt Zalaznick -
Even though K-12 leaders expect recovery from COVID learning loss to take up to a year, a substantial number also feel optimistic about the future, a new survey has found.

Students offered vaccine prizes as lawmakers debate requirements

Matt Zalaznick -
A Montana student vaccination campaign is one example of educators encouraging students to get inoculated as lawmakers nationwide debate vaccine requirements. 

How saliva-based COVID tests keep big school district open

Matt Zalaznick -
Only 19 COVID cases have been confirmed in 2,000-plus Baltimore City Public Schools students and staff since the district launched a weekly, asymptomatic testing program in March.

ED to make $200M in ARP Homeless funds immediately available to states

Charles Hendrix -
They money is to be used to identify students experiencing homelessness and provide them with services and assistance to attend school.

12 things students and parents say about safety post-COVID

Matt Zalaznick -
More than half of teens are not ready to deal with the anxiety of returning to school, says a survey that may sound some alarms for administrators.

4 topics to jumpstart post-pandemic security planning

Matt Zalaznick -
With more students returning to classrooms, it's time for district administrators to focus on safety issues beyond the COVID public health crisis.

Equity, encouragement drive 2 districts’ vaccine plans

Matt Zalaznick -
In Kansas, students in the Shawnee Mission School District told administrators that a clinic in their schools may have been their only chance to get the vaccine. 

ARP ESSER application template, rules released for states

Charles Hendrix -
State education agencies must apply for the remaining $41 billion from the American Rescue Plan by June 7. Requirements include meaningful consultation with education stakeholders and the public.

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