June Board of Ed: budget!

 Bell: budget is in conference committee
pretty much know what it looks like from a state education aid perspective runs through the numbers
$40M for enrollment return costs: student enrollment increasing in a district could seek reimbursement
House $15M COVID-related summer remediation
Senate $6M social emotional behavioral health needs
(thus needs resolution in conference committee)
state aid for rural school districts: rural state aid account (either 3 or 4 M depending on conference)
continuing commitment to adult learners

federal side: outside of usual federal funding streams
COVID relief funding: ESSER
$2.9B in three programs: spend through 9/30/22, 9/30/23, 9/30/24 (I,II,III respectively)
applications: all have applied for I, 43% of districts have applied II, 2 have applied for III
process of investing and using this "generational funding"

West: ARRA districts faced a fiscal cliff
we're in a period where we expect increments of increased funding in the coming years? is there then a smoother transition?
it depends on if your district is one that gets those increased funds
Have we done any modeling on what districts can anticipate?
can we provide guidance for districts to avoid that adjustment
Bell: guidance issued was to the question of districts being thoughtful on use that it does sunset
the SOA on aid you can anticipate
"actual financial modeling...we're available to assist"
"can't actually get out in front of what the Legislature will appropriate"
not to say that districts can't model; "districts that are thinking about it are already down that road"
"certainly happy to be a partner if districts run their own models"
want to be respectful of appropriators