December 2020 Board of Ed: update on budget

 Bell 
state and federal resources
FY21 budget was signed late last week: approach six month mark of fiscal '21
pretty consistent what we had seen in the conference report
$53M grant in conference committee was going to go out formulaic aid
Gov instead in a grant structure that DESE would administer with Executive Office "to help remedy all of the concerns that have been relayed...over learning loss and additional needs"
circuit breaker fully funded; reimbursement as high as have been
federal side: Congress has to act by Friday on spending
different versions of bills 
working with administration on FY22 state budget

Peyser: administration of $53M "a more targeted and strategic approach" to learning loss "in particular as well as other challenges"