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Jackson Public Schools outlines $2.4 million McKinney‑Vento expansion funded by ARP to support unhoused students
Summary
JPS presented how McKinney‑Vento and American Rescue Plan funds were used to expand services for students experiencing homelessness, including shelter learning spaces, supplies, summer tutoring and stipends for home visits.
Jackson Public School District leaders told the board that the district used McKinney‑Vento and American Rescue Plan (ARP) homeless‑focused funds to expand services for scholars experiencing homelessness, including creating learning spaces inside shelters and funding extended tutoring and home‑visit work.
The district presented details of the program during a special board meeting. Tiffany Jones, JPS’s McKinney‑Vento manager, said the district received “a little over $2,400,000” from ARP homeless allocations and combined those with regular McKinney‑Vento grant resources to buy supplies, personnel time, training, equipment and technology.
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