The Trump administration releases $28 million in previously withheld after-school grants for Louisiana. Michael Faulk, the executive director of the Louisiana School Superintendents Association, says this is good news for school districts planning their after-school programs for the upcoming school year.
“With the release of these funds for programs that they have in existence right now, that they are trying to prepare the students for the start of the school year, it’s a great help,” Faulk said.
Faulk says the release of the funds removes some of the uncertainty as a new school year approaches.
“Since that money is designated, and it will be flowing through, they’ll be able to use it for the programs and the personnel that they have in those programs,” Faulk noted.
However, that money only represents a fraction that schools had expected to receive for after-school programs, and Faulk says that will cause some school districts to do some significant belt-tightening.
“That’s significant for a lot of school districts. For others, they’re expecting to receive more,” Faulk said.
