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    Not All COVID-19 Aid Is Spent. But Schools, Cities And States Say They Need More

    Republicans in Congress question whether schools, cities and states really need as much relief as President Biden and Democrats want to give them. At the local level, people say they're desperate.
    by Tamara Keith Feb 24, 2021 5 minutes
    Children attend online classes at the Crenshaw Family YMCA in Los Angeles. Schools are having a hard time covering the costs required for in-person and online learning during the pandemic.

    When the school district in Pima, Ariz., got its first round of federal pandemic relief last summer, Superintendent Sean Rickert put it toward the expenses incurred while suddenly shifting classes online at the start of the pandemic.

    Now, as some Republicans in Congress question why COVID-19 aid for schools has not yet been spent, Rickert is just learning how much his district will get from a second relief bill approved in December.

    "I have a list of things of things that we need in order to be able to provide better social distancing, more safety for teachers, more safety for students," Rickert said. "I've been talking to my admin team all year about these things."

    Pima Unified School District, serving about 1,000 students in K-12, has been open nearly full time since the fall and Rickert says they've been "blessed"

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