Kentucky school officials ask to extend federal COVID relief payouts for planned projects • Kentucky Lantern

Kentucky school officials ask to extend federal COVID relief payouts for planned projects • Kentucky Lantern

Teachers greet students stepping off their bus at a Louisville public elementary school in 2022. (Jon Cherry/Getty Images) The Kentucky Department of Education has requested a funding extension for projects in 13 public school districts that are in jeopardy if the federal government continues to halt future payments of pandemic relief funds. In a Friday press release, Kentucky Education Commissioner Robbie Fletcher said KDE hopes the U.S. Depart…

Kentucky school districts face challenges due to the rescission of COVID relief funding

On March 28, the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) received a letter from the U.S. Secretary of Education stating that the time to spend all federal funds related to COVID relief was amended to end on March 28. This action came after Kentucky was notified by the U.S. Department of Education (USED) in September 2024 that it could spend its remaining funds through March 2026.