Congress set to help schools with Impact Aid funding amid COVID-19

A bipartisan bill that will help school districts with Indian Country students preserve their Impact Aid funding is set to clear the 117th Congress this week.

S.2959, the Supplemental Impact Aid Flexibility Act, allows school districts to utilize existing student counts on their Impact Aid applications. Supporters say flexibility is needed due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which continues to create uncertainty for schools across the nation.

"In order to support the South Dakota school districts that participate in the Impact Aid Program, it's imperative that we again provide them with the ability to use previously reported student headcounts on their Impact Aid applications that they will complete this fall," Sen. John Thune (R-South Dakota) said in a news release after introducing S.2959 on October 7, 2021.

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