Congress directed close to $200 billion to state and local education agencies in 2020 and 2021 to help reopen schools battered by COVID-19 through the ARP. The plan, signed into law by President Joe Biden in March, directly addresses pandemic-related student learning recovery.
The breakdown among survey respondents found that:
- 45% of districts plan to spend between 1% and 10% of ARP funding on school facilities improvements.
- 13% of districts plan to spend between 11% and 15% of ARP funding on school facilities improvements.
- 17% of districts plan to spend between 16% and 25% of ARP funding on school facilities improvements.
- 16% of districts plan to spend between 26% and 50% of ARP funding on school facilities improvements.
