Aug. 24, 2023

COVID money disappearing from school budgets

COVID money disappearing from school budgets
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COVID money disappearing from school budgets

During the pandemic, school districts across North Carolina received tens of millions of dollars as part of special COVID funding to pay for things like cleaning schools, PPE, teacher retention bonuses, and technology needed for remote learning. That funding has now ended, and while some school districts still have part of the money left over, they are trying to figure out how to plug some of their budget holes going forward. WRAL Investigates senior producer Randall Kerr shares what his team learned when they looked into the situation.