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Looming Budget and Policy Uncertainty as Schools Recess for Summer

by Jay Diskey, Education Policy Consultant Summer vacation has started for many of the nation’s students, but not for school district leaders who are having to deal with many new uncertainties. At the federal level, the Trump Administration has proposed making deep cuts to education aid, abolishing the U.S. Department of Education, and significantly increasing […]

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ESSER Funding Winds Down as State Budgets Cool

By Jay Diskey, Diskey Public Affairs, LLC After four years of providing unprecedented support for K-12 public schools, the federal Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund will soon end. On September 30, “ESSER” as it is commonly called, will hit its Congressionally mandated deadline. School districts and states must use or commit the funds by

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