Dubuque Community Schools Gets Boost in COVID19 Funds

Dubuque Community Schools officials are planning for how best to use a $6.5 million boost in COVID-19 relief funds, some of which they hope to spend making up for student learning losses. State officials last week announced that they received nearly $345 million from the latest COVID-19 federal relief package to help school districts address costs associated with the pandemic. Of that, $6.5 million is going to the Dubuque district. It is in addition to the $1.8 million the district received last year through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. Dubuque Schools Superintendent Stan Rheingans said officials are looking at how they can use the new funding to cover some costs they have incurred during the pandemic.