Administrators now have to convince students and their families that this next phase of virtual learning is not the same as what occurred earlier in the pandemic.
This brings the number of approved plans to 21, enabling those states to receive their portion of the more than $122 billion in the American Rescue Plan Act.
The U.S. Education Department released more than $3 billion in American Rescue Plan Act funds to states for children and youths served under IDEA Part B and IDEA Part C.
One small, silver lining of the pandemic may be a collective understanding and acknowledgment that some students and families are suffering more than others.
Several GOP members of the panel questioned Cardona about whether the inclusion of the 1619 Project meant ED was endorsing a "controversial" revision of American history.