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Conference committee adds $500,000 to HB1013 to reimburse DPI for contracts after ESSER denials
Summary
A legislative conference committee approved an amendment to engrossed House Bill 1013 adding $500,000 to the Department of Public Instruction to reimburse contracts schools began expecting to cover with ESSER funds; the section includes an emergency clause to make the money available quickly.
A conference committee working on engrossed House Bill 1013 voted to add a section to provide $500,000 to the Department of Public Instruction to reimburse contracts that were started based on expected ESSER funding but for which federal extensions were refused.
Chairman Richter told the committee that the superintendent of public instruction had received a notification from the U.S. Department of Education that extensions on some ESSER (Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief) funds had been denied, leaving districts with outstanding contracts and obligations. "The whole purpose of [the section] is to provide…
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