The $2.2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act or CARES Act includes $13.5 billion in direct funding for K-12 districts. California will receive $1.65 billion, with 10 percent set aside for emergencies designated by the California Department of Education. This database shows the amount going to each school district, county office of education and charter schools by July 1 in total and per student to allow for the differences in district enrollment. Distribution is based on a district’s share of federal Title I funding which uses a formula based primarily on the number of students whose family income is below the federal poverty threshold of $26,200 for a family of four and who receive Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.
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Christy James 3 years ago3 years ago
I'm still trying to wrap my head around this. I'm a food manager at Big Valley School District! Im the one and only food worker here! With the help of my HR/apps director we were able to feed our kids in the community plus other children! We have worked hard everyday to make sure that these kids have something to eat! In the beginning it was hard to find enough food to meet the needs! … Read More
I’m still trying to wrap my head around this. I’m a food manager at Big Valley School District! Im the one and only food worker here! With the help of my HR/apps director we were able to feed our kids in the community plus other children! We have worked hard everyday to make sure that these kids have something to eat!
In the beginning it was hard to find enough food to meet the needs! We have spent a lot of money and are just wondering if we will be reimbursed for it? I know almost every other school is wondering the same thing!
We all know that we will be the first ones hit with the cuts! Would we do it again? Of course we would! But please at least reimburse us so we can!!!
A lot of schools wouldn’t even have gotten their funding if it wasn’t for the food departments!! Please Mr. Newsom, replace all of our funds!!! And praying that this will not happen to our schools again!!!
Bob Capriles 3 years ago3 years ago
I’m curious why 342 of the 1,980 LEAs (17%) with between 0 students (OK, I get 0 students) to 11,032 students are receiving no funding? I wonder if these districts/schools are Title 1 eligible, but don’t receive Title 1 funding for some other reason. Can EdSource find out?
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Jennifer Bestor 3 years ago3 years ago
If this question is urgent, you might check out the CDE webpage I've linked, on the CARES Act. Per that webpage: "ESSERF preliminary allocations are based on an LEA’s share of funding received under Title I, Part A in FY 2019-20. To have received 2019-20 Title I, Part A, an LEA must have: o Been deemed an eligible LEA as reflected by a minimum poverty count of 10 and poverty rate greater than 2%; and, o … Read More
If this question is urgent, you might check out the CDE webpage I’ve linked, on the CARES Act.
Per that webpage:
“ESSERF preliminary allocations are based on an LEA’s share of funding received under Title I, Part A in FY 2019-20. To have received 2019-20 Title I, Part A, an LEA must have:
o Been deemed an eligible LEA as reflected by a minimum poverty count of 10 and poverty rate greater than 2%; and,
o Applied for funds on CARES no later than March 31, 2020; and,
o Submitted the LCAP Federal Addendum
There you will find a spreadsheet by LEA that is a bit easier to look through. I recognize a number of basic aids that are getting nothing (and others that are getting a fair amount). Very small districts seem to be better compensated on a per-student basis than most others. If I had time, I’d see whether some counties were more aggressive than others on average. A quick correlation to unduplicated percentage yields a dismal .05 correl coefficient, so it’s clearly not tightly coupled to that.