GVSD To Receive $45K In Special Education Funding

MALVERN, PA — Great Valley School District was awarded grant funding to help provide services for students with special needs, and learning complications related to the coronavirus pandemic.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf Thursday announced 678 education agencies across the state are receiving a portion of $20 million from the Governor's Emergency Education Relief Fund and the Pennsylvania Department of Education's federal funding from the CARES Act.

The district was awarded $45,459.

These funds will allow the district to provide enhanced real-time instruction and services and support to students with complex needs, and provide services and supports to students with disabilities who may have fallen behind in some way due to the mandatory school closures. The funds will help schools address student losses in skills and behavior.

According to the Pennsylvania Department of Education, an additional $5 million in Governor's Emergency Education Relief grant funding will be available to Preschool Early Intervention programs to provide compensatory educational services. This is federal funding through the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act authorizes governors to determine the educational use of Governor's Emergency Education Relief Funds, which can be used towards the safe reopening of schools in light of the coronavirus pandemic.