The Belmond-Klemme school district will receive over $540,000 in Covid-19 relief money from the federal government. The allocation is based on the district’s percentage of low-income students.
Area districts and the amounts allocated include:
Hamp.-Dum. -- $1,134,649
Clar.-Gold.-Dows -- $775,310
Eagle Grove -- $756,968
Humboldt -- $659,890
B-K -- $540,815
Forest City -- $443,847
Osage -- $418,471
Cent. Springs -- $372,579
West Fork -- $343,774
Northwood-Ken. -- $279,205
Garn.-Hay.-Ven. -- $273,336
Lake Mills -- $266,602
W. Hancock -- $259,644
North Iowa -- $257,409
Nashua-Plain. -- $253,813
North Butler -- $251,933
North Union -- $246,467
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The largest district in the state – Des Moines – will be allocated over $41 million.
The state has received nearly $345 million in federal relief for PK-12 schools through a fund to address costs incurred due to the pandemic. The amount is Iowa’s share of the more than $54 billion in emergency relief provided in the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund II within the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations (CRRSA) Act, 2021, which was signed into law Dec. 27. This second round of funding is more than four times the amount the state received last spring through the CARES Act.
According to Iowa Department of Education Director Ann Lebo, “Schools can use this funding to measure and address unfinished learning and contend with other coronavirus-related challenges. That includes the need for increased professional development, educational technology, cleaning supplies and other sanitation measures, facility repairs, upgrades to improve air quality in school buildings, summer learning, supplemental after-school programs and mental health services.”
