Here’s How Hawaii Schools Plan To Spend $412 Million In New Aid … Education officials also want to fund and implement a three-year study to track middle schoolers to see if these strategies stick.
The Hawaii Department of Education plans to offer individual tutoring, academic coaching and summer school counseling to help struggling students amid the coronavirus crisis with the latest round of federal funding received through the American Rescue Plan.
These details are included in Hawaii’s plan for $412 million in COVID-19 relief through the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund, which would distribute a total of $122 billion to 50 states and the District of Columbia to address students’ academic, social and emotional needs due to the disruptions of the pandemic.
Interim Superintendent Keith Hayashi said federal funds doled out to Hawaii throughout the pandemic have provided “a degree of certainty in very uncertain times.”
