As schools statewide are preparing to welcome students back this fall, Governor Kay Ivey has awarded money to the Department of Education for its Roadmap to Reopening Schools. 

$48 million of the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Fund will go towards reopening challenges related to COVID-19.

Of the $48 million, $10 million will be used to equip all school buses with WiFi, $4 million will help improve remote learning opportunities, $26 million will go towards providing additional academic support to bridge learning and achievement gaps, and $9 million will be used to support intensive before and after school tutoring resources and remediation in schools.

Additionally, Alabama institutions of higher education will be able to submit requests for a combined reimbursement of up to $50 million dollars of the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.