by WFIS | Feb 5, 2024 | Legislation and Policy, OSPI, The Advocate, WFIS News
The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction informed EANS I schools that they put a hold on making additional payments of EANS I funds while the supplemental budget is being developed during the 2024 legislative session. “If this solution is implemented,...
by WFIS | Jun 12, 2023 | Legislation and Policy, OSPI, Student Resources, WFIS News
Political maneuvering resulted in the legislature reverting over $6.8M private school-designated EANS I and ARP/EANS II funds by June 30, 2023. Your legislative representative may or may not know of these actions. WFIS is working with national and legal advisors to...
by WFIS | Jun 5, 2023 | Legislation and Policy, OSPI, WFIS News
OSPI allotted nineteen private schools $3.7M designated by Congress as emergency relief funds through the EANS 2 Program or ARP EANS for private schools to support low-income students most impacted by COVID. Each private school received a letter from OSPI with an...
by WFIS | Feb 21, 2023 | Covid-19, The Advocate, WFIS News
WFIS needs your advocacy support to help convince Gov. Inslee that the ARP EANS funding ($40M) should be used to support private schools, as was intended by Congress. Please send comments to Governor Inslee on how and why ARP EANS funds that are now GEER funds should...
by WFIS | Dec 15, 2022 | Education News, Legislation and Policy, Student Data, The Advocate, WFIS News
The Federal Government allocated emergency funding, known as EANS I and EANS II, or ARP-EANS, to support private school students impacted by the pandemic. For the most part, the schools that received EANS I have spent or budgeted for their entire allocation. EANS I...
