Florida is the only state that has not yet submitted a plan to the US Department of Education for how it will use federal Covid-19 relief funds for schools, according to a new letter from the agency
The US Education Department sent a letter to Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran on Monday inquiring about the status of the state's plan and underscoring it is needed to unlock more than $2.3 billion in remaining American Rescue Plan funds. "The U.S.
" The remaining federal dollars are contingent on the approval of a state plan detailing how the funds will be used, the US Education Department said.Florida was allocated more than $7 billion as part of that funding to support"students' health and safety and address their social, emotional, mental health, and academic needs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic," Rosenblum noted, and two-thirds of that allocation was released in March.
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