Council Rock Gets $123K For Special Needs Support Amid COVID

NEWTOWN, PA — The Council Rock School District has been awarded more than $123,000 in grant funding to help provide services for students with special needs during the coronavirus pandemic.

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.

Central Bucks was awarded $123,706.

The funds will allow the district to provide enhanced real-time instruction and services and support to students with special needs, who experienced a loss in skills and behavior or experienced a lack of progress because of mandatory school closures, state officials said.

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.

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.