School districts across the state are now eligible for additional COVID-19 funding following a recent announcement by the office of Kansas Governor Laura Kelly Friday.
In a news release from the Governor’s Office Friday afternoon it was announced that school districts can now apply for grant funding through the Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Prevention and Control of Emerging Infectious Diseases. The state received $87 million in ELC funds that can be used for funding equipment, testing and medical staff to help prevent and slow the spread of COVID-19 in Kansas schools.
The funds cannot be used for covering expenses or costs incurred prior to the awarding of ELC funds and can be used to incentivize individuals that are “otherwise resistant to participate in screening testing.”
In addition to the ELC funding, the governor also announced several text changes to the Kansas State Department of Education’s Navigating Change document. You can find those changes as well as additional information on ELC funding, including how to apply, in the links below.
Navigating Change: Kansas’ Guide to Learning and School Safety Operations
Area superintendents will join KVOE’s Talk of Emporia next Friday at 11:05 am to discuss the ELC grants and next steps as we near the start of the 2021-22 school year.
