The ARPA dollars are spent. What will CT schools do now?

By Frankie Graziano,

Published July 30, 2024 at 7:15 AM EDT

FILE: Danielle Myers (far right), a school counselor at Weaver High School who says she has been laid off effective June 21, joins rally goers (from left) Jennifer Wilder, Sharon Douglas and Madeline Hernandez, along with dozens of other, at Weaver High School, May 08, 2024. School districts may be cutting back on staff as the flow of federal Coronavirus relief dollars pumped into states stops.

At the end of the 2024 legislation session in Connecticut, lawmakers propped up the state budget with American Rescue Plan Dollars for one final time. It means that money that’s supported education in recent years – during a time when state officials have focused on students’ mental well-being – is going away.

This week on the Wheelhouse, what Connecticut lawmakers are saying to school districts as COVID relief dollars evaporate.

And later, are states like Connecticut prepared for colleges and universities to shutter their doors as students forego the steep cost of higher education?

GUESTS:

Jessika Harkay, Education reporter, CT Mirror
Alex Putterman, Reporter, Hearst CT Media
Jon Marcus, Senior higher education reporter, The Hechinger Report

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