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It’s budget season: How are you preparing for the fiscal cliff?

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The imminent end of ESSER funding has pushed school districts to a critical juncture, compelling them to confront budget deficits for the upcoming 2024-2025 school year before the “fiscal cliff” hits in 2025-2026. For three years, school districts nationwide have relied on a temporary financial cushion to soften the blow from the pandemic.

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Why experts say now is the time to assess your district’s edtech use

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Making tough choices Later this year, the final round of federal pandemic funding, known as Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER), will expire, leaving school budgets uncertain in many districts. If funds are allotted, however, districts can request an extension to use them through March of 2026 in some cases).

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Federal COVID relief funding will dry up soon. Are districts ready?

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Congress gave districts plenty of leeway on how they could spend the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief money, or ESSER funds. Much of the spending itself must be complete by 2025, though districts may apply for extensions through 2026. Most of it was distributed based on poverty levels in each district’s community.

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Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents (ALAS) Launches Sister Schools Program Across Four States and the Territory of Puerto Rico

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The schools for the 2023-24 ALAS Sister Schools program are: Pair #1 Abelardo Martinez Otero School (high school) in Arecibo, Puerto Rico Champlain Valley Union High School in Hinesburg, Vermont Pair #2 Pablo Casals School (high school) in Bayamon, Puerto Rico Hanover Elementary School in S.

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The Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents (ALAS) Announces New Regional Directors

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Rivera also serves as the Past President of the Board of Directors for the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), a nonpartisan organization of public officials who head state departments of elementary and secondary education. By the year 2026, Latino children will make up 30 percent of the school-age population.

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Illinois’ Geneva School District 304 Renews Longterm Partnership with Discovery Education Supporting Science Education

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Charlotte, NC — Illinois’ Geneva School District 304 (Geneva CUSD 304) today announced it has renewed its multi-year partnership with Discovery Education supporting science education in grades K-5 through the year 2026.

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Florida Department of Education Approves Lexia Learning for ELA Intervention Courses

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BOSTON (June 8, 2021) – Lexia Learning, a Cambium Learning® Group company, announced today that Florida’s Commissioner of Education has approved Lexia® Core5® Reading (Core5) as curriculum in elementary intervention courses. The two programs have been approved for a five-year period, beginning April 1, 2021 and ending March 31, 2026.

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