“Any failure to provide any funding for state and local governments is going to impact our local school districts,” said Anna Maria Chávez, executive director of the National School Boards Association. State and local governments, which are already seeing a steep drop-off in tax revenue, received no funding from the latest relief package. School funding, which often accounts for the lion’s share of state and local budgets, will undoubtedly feel the pinch. In the first coronavirus relief package, passed shortly after schools shut down in March, lawmakers allocated $13 billion for schools. Hofmeister said that if the state backtracks and begins cutting money for schools, the consequences could be disastrous.

Source: Washington Post December 29, 2020 00:34 UTC