EDUCATION NISD, NEISDuse federal COVID 19 funds to boost employee pay
NORTHSIDE ISD’S COVID 19 FINANCIAL RELIEF Academic supports to address learning loss topped the list of Elementary and Secondary Schools Emergency Relief funds expenditures for Northside ISD.
Total awarded: $173M Initial allocation received to date: $115.3M
BY EDMOND ORTIZ
and librarians, and a 1% supplement of sta ers’ annualized pay grade midpoint. “Our employees are committed to doing everything they can to meet the needs of our students,” NEISD Superintendent Sean Maika said. “This retention incentive is one small way we can show our appreciation to [employees] for making a positive and lasting di erence.” Per federal rules,
Two of San Antonio’s North Side school districts are using federal COVID-19 relief funds to provide employees with one-time retention stipends. O cials with North East and Northside ISDs approved expenditures in February from their allocated por-
Health safety: $5.1M COVID-19 preparedness and personal protective equipment for students and sta Miscellaneous: $14.3M sta retention supplement and indirect costs
Academic supports to address learning loss: $133.1M Includes expanding full-day pre-K program; expanding reading academics to pre-K, fourth and fth grades; and accelerated learning during summer school Wraparound services: $20.6M Including social emotional/ mental health support for youth; hygiene kits and backpacks for homeless students; and engaging students with high absenteeism
tions of the Elemen- tary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds. Both districts are using some of that money for employee recruitment and retention, with NEISD approving nearly $5 million and NISD approving $14.4 million in pay supplementation. The $1.9 trillion American Rescue
NOTE: FIGURES DENOTE BUDGET PLAN FOR TOTAL ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL EMERGENCY RELIEF FUNDS.
“THIS RETENTION INCENTIVE IS ONE SMALLWAYWE CAN SHOWOUR APPRECIATION TO EMPLOYEES FOR MAKINGAPOSITIVE AND LASTING DIFFERENCE.” SEAN MAIKA, NORTH EAST ISD SUPERINTENDENT
districts must direct at least 20% of their ESSER fund allocation toward countering learning loss, the academic e ect of lost instruction time. School systems are required to review and update their ESSER spending plans by this June.
NORTH EAST ISD’S COVID 19 FINANCIAL RELIEF Facility security tops the list of planned expenditures of Elementary and Secondary Schools Emergency Relief funds for North East ISD.
Total awarded: $117.1M Initial allocation received to date: $78.06M
Plan Act, which President Joe Biden signed into law in March 2021, con- tains the third round of ESSER funds totaling $122 billion. NEISD was awarded $117.1 million in ESSER III money, having received $78.1 million to date with the rest expected later, o cials said. NEISD o cials said they determined about $4.3 million in ESSER funding was available to permit a one-time retention supplement for the second semester of the 2021-22 school year. NEISD’s retention supplement is being provided to eligible employees, including $575 for full-time teachers
From their $173 million award, NISD o cials said the district is using $14.4 million on a one-time retention supplement, including $1,000 for full-time sta , $750 for long-term substitute teachers and $500 for qual- i ed part-time sta and substitutes. NISD District 3 Trustee M’Lissa Chumbley said the ESSER funds provided NISD a chance to thank employees. “We have been talking since COVID[-19] began about how to let our teachers know howmuch we appreci- ate the work they do, and we recognize how hard it is,” Chumbley said.
Facility security and pandemic safety: $29.27M Instruction and accelerated education funding for learning loss; full-time substitutes at every campus; and training and support for specialists: $15.04M Instructional resources, including iPads, Chromebooks and intervention kits for students struggling in language articulation: $11.19M Other: $8.7M
Tutoring; after-school and summer programming; extended school year programming; aid for dyslexic students; transportation sta to support late buses: $5.95M Sta recruitment and retention: $4.86M Social, mental and emotional support for students: $2.11M Professional learning for teachers: $920,560
NOTE: TOTAL COSTS ARE SHOWN AS BEING SPENT BETWEEN 2021 AND 2024. SOURCES: NORTH EAST ISD, NORTHSIDE ISD COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
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