May Board of Ed: budget

 the backup is here

Bell notes it is the week of the Senate deliberation on the budget
Literacy Launch in the Senate Ways and Means budget at $10M
Senate has a new appropriation for a mental and behavioral health framework
"slew of amendments" none yet enacted
Bell expresses hope that the state could have a budget for July
...which hasn't happened since 2010
And on ESSER
end of May, claim rate is at 60%
about $669M left to claim; expect some districts to use late liquidation