With less than two weeks left for schools to spend billions in federal pandemic relief funds, most of that money has been spent, said officials from the Michigan Department of Education.
A state dashboard tracking funding shows about $300 million in unspent funds left from the third and final round of COVID relief funding, called ESSER III. But Kevin Walters, supervisor of grants, contracts and school support with the Michigan Department of Education, said much of that $300 million is already tied up to be spent, it just needs to be drawn by the school districts.
And, Walters said, the majority of districts in Michigan don’t have any money left to spend…