The remainder of $3 billion in pandemic relief aid is about to run out.
. Schools nationwide are reckoning with how to continue funding essential programs using state and local tax money in lieu of that federal support.
Board member Wayne Reynolds questioned whether Ivey and lawmakers were likely to consider the board’s requestPayne said to keep an eye on tax receipts, as tax collections are running above what lawmakers budgeted currently for education. Through Aug. 31, Alabama’s Education Trust Fund collected $9.3 billion - $500 million moreAnd that’s with one more month left in the 2023 fiscal year.
Mackey wants $5.5 billion for school districts and for the Foundation Program, $380 million more than the current year’s $5.1 billion. The bulk of that money would go to increase the number of teachers in grades four through six, where class sizes are the largest, board members said. Funding for the state’s preschool program - different from the First Class Pre-K program overseen by the Department of Early Childhood - needs an additional $2.4 million, Payne said, specifically because more young children are being identified with “extreme challenges.
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