TDOE outlines spending plans from federal COVID relief, economic stimulus funding received

Tennessee education officials have released spending plans from the $4.2 billion they received from the federal government as part of COVID-19 relief and economic stimulus funding.

The spending covers K-12 education from the Spring 2020 to Fall 2024. The department of education says nearly $360 million will head towards academic initiatives that provide students high-quality education like the Tennessee Literary Success Act and improving teaching and learning sources for online learning. Each of those programs are listed below:

*$120.7M for the Tennessee Literacy Success Act and Reading 360
*$170.5M for the Tennessee Learning Loss and Student Acceleration Act including the statewide TN ALL Corps tutoring initiative as well as summer learning camps and bridge camps
*$35M to support the statewide 2022-23 math textbook adoption process
*$32M for teaching and learning online resources and improvements for school districts

Nearly $107 million will heads towards programs aimed at student readiness, broken down as follows:

*$32.6M for Innovative High Schools and Advanced Courses
*$17.8M for mental health supports
*$56.5M for K-12 open-source readiness coursework and statewide professional development

$21 million will go to the state teaching Grow Your Own teacher expansion program.

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