Feds: Florida missed deadline to receive $2.3B in school aid

[Tony_FLADEM]

“The uncertainty this creates for schools and families is absurd."
Florida is the last state to submit a plan to the U.S. Department of Education that’s required before more than $2.3 billion in federal aid for Florida schools can be released, according to a letter sent to the state Monday.

The letter sent to Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran said the state Department of Education missed the deadline to release American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ARP ESSER) money.

“The Department released the first two-thirds of each State’s allocation in March and required each State to submit its plan for spending its ARP ESSER funds by June. FDOE did not meet this deadline, nor did it meet the July and August submission timelines that were anticipated following conversations with your staff,” wrote Ian Rosenblum, the federal department’s deputy assistant secretary for policy and programs.

https://floridapolitics.com/archives/462644-florida-missed-deadline-school-aid

[Diamond_Dog]

1. Republicans hate public schools.

And are happy to choke off any funding for public education.

[Captain Zero]

2. If they aren't spending the first 2/3 on schools, what are they spending it on?

Seems like Florida voters would be asking what it WAS spent on.

[NQAS]

3. Fine.

Then they get no money.

How many chances do they get? Sounds like they had multiple opportunities to respond. I don’t care why they didn’t. They just didn’t. Reallocate that money states - red or blue - that have followed the rules.

[TheBlackAdder]

4. DeSantis just has to kill off 30K kids from COVID--that will be made up in 5 years of school funding