Summer school, counselors and tutoring among top school Covid spending

Superintendents are prioritizing summer school, more counselors, tutoring, and technology for the extra funding from Congress for Covid-19 relief.

A new survey of about 400 superintendents looked at how school districts are using new federal funding, in addition to Covid-19 mitigation efforts like air filtration and testing. The survey was conducted by the national School Superintendents Association (AASA).

As reported by NPR, these are some of the top areas of spending identified by superintendents:

• Summer school (75% of respondents);
• Additional counselors, social workers, and reading specialists (66% of respondents);
• New computers or internet devices (62% of respondents);
• Renovating buildings (57% of respondents);
• Social-emotional learning (52% of respondents);
• Tutoring (44% of respondents);
• Paying staff for longer school days or years (42% of respondents).