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Benicia Unified says $14 million in one-time LCAP funds will be exhausted this year; services will be reduced
Summary
District staff told the board that one-time COVID-era grants that have funded counseling, intervention assistants, teacher coaching and other supports will be gone by the end of the school year, and administrators outlined likely service reductions and steps being explored to mitigate impacts.
Dr. Beatson told the Benicia Unified School District Board of Trustees that roughly $14 million in one-time state grants used to extend services since the COVID pandemic will be fully spent by the end of this school year.
The presentation listed programs funded with one-time dollars that will be affected, including wellness-center staffing and clinician time, extra student supervision at elementary recess, intervention assistants for early grade reading support, an English-learner teacher who administers the ELPAC, an additional IT technician, a teacher coach who provides professional development and induction supports, and the Willie B. Atkins program for African American students.
"All of those funds will be gone by…
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