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

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.
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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?

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Frankie Graziano is the host of 'The Wheelhouse,' focusing on how local and national politics impact the people of Connecticut.
Chloe Wynne is a producer for The Wheelhouse and Where We Live. She previously worked as a producer and reporter for the investigative podcast series, Admissible: Shreds of Evidence, which was co-produced by VPM and Story Mechanics and distributed by iHeartRadio. She began her journalism career at inewsource, an investigative newsroom in San Diego, Calif., where she covered housing, education and crime. She earned her master’s degree from Columbia Journalism School in 2021, where she focused on audio storytelling.