Remember the stimulus? It is coming back to cause problems with education funding issues. It appears that schools used stimulus funds over the past couple of years to shore-up financial short falls that should have appeared over the past two years in school budgets. ISDs used the stimulus funds to pay for educational improvements, such as summer school programs and HIRING more teachers.
Guess many ISDs failed to read the fine print with regards to the federal stimulus funds having an expiration date. Yes, the funds came with an expiration date! One wonders if school administrators informed these newly hired teachers that the job may not be permanent since the position was subject to continued federal stimulus funding.
Funds do run out from time to time! Most likely every school district in this state can find a way to keep the certified teachers employed and on the payrolls. However, some sports programs and coaches may have to be reassigned, removed from the payrolls, etc.
Priority spending is the name of the game. Do they provide a TAKS exam for football, basketball, cheer leading, golf, tennis, band, etc.?
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