MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee school board has approved spending $63 million in federal COVID-19 relief dollars on dozens of renovation projects.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported the board signed off on the spending Thursday.
The board also approved allowing each school to spend $100,000 out of a separate $13.6 million pot of federal COVID-19 aid to hire staff and upgrade technology.
The money must be spent by October 2024. Milwaukee schools have received a total of $770 million in COVID-19 relief since the pandemic began.
