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‘No One Could Have Predicted It’: Gov. Kathy Hochul Announces $108
Million Program To Address Pandemic Learning Loss
Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul Announces Pandemic Learning Loss
Programs
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Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday announced over $100
million in funding for New York schools to address pandemic-era learning
loss and trauma, according to a press release.
Hochul said that $100 million would be used to address pandemic learning
loss and trauma when schools were closed due to Covid-19, and that $8
million would go to creating mental health clinics in schools, according
to the press release. Hochul gave a speech laying out the specifics of
the program, saying individual school districts or a consortium of
school districts would be able to apply for grants from the program.
(RELATED: Students Could Lose $70,000 Each In Their Lifetimes Thanks To
Pandemic Learning Loss)
“No one could have predicted it,” New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said
talking about pandemic learning loss.
“Something happened during that period of time, unforeseen, no one at
the beginning of the pandemic in March of 2020 could have foreseen that
three years later despite the fact that we had vaccinations, we saved
lives and people are starting to get back to work and feeling somewhat
normal again we could not of foreseen the impact that this has had on
our most vulnerable, our kids,” Hochul said.
“The new State matching fund, the $100 million Recover from COVID School
Program, will provide funding to create or expand programs to help
students address trauma caused by the pandemic, prioritizing school
districts with the highest need,” according to the press release.
New York schools didn’t fully reopen from COVID-19 until September 2021.
New Mexico, Illinois and New Hampshire began offering tutoring to combat
pandemic learning loss. Students need more than four extra months in
school to catch up with grade-level expectations, a July report from the
NWEA, a nonprofit organization that provides grades Pre-K-12 assessment
data, said.
“The effects of the pandemic on our students were devastating and
irreversible,” Hochul said.
Hochul’s office did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News
Foundation’s request for comment.