[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"doc-seo-584960-105":3,"detail-sidebar-cat-0-en-105":80,"doc-detail-584960-en":130},{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":6},0,"ok",{"site_id":7,"language":8,"slug":9,"title":10,"keywords":11,"description":12,"schema_data":13,"social_meta":73,"head_meta":75,"extra_data":77,"updated_unix":79},105,"en","covid-cash-how-michigan-schools-spent-their-extra-pandemic-funds","Covid Cash - How Michigan Schools Spent Their Extra Pandemic Funds","","Covid Cash investigates how Michigan public schools used federal emergency COVID-19 relief funds between March 2020 and March 2021, focusing on discretion in spending and documentation. The report details total education spending, itemized COVID relief expenditures, and how spending varied by school type. It places these actions within federal legislative waves, including the CARES Act, the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, and the American Rescue Plan Act, and supports findings with appendices listing grants and spending totals.",{"@graph":14,"@context":72},[15,34,55],{"@type":16,"itemListElement":17},"BreadcrumbList",[18,23,27,31],{"item":19,"name":20,"@type":21,"position":22},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",1,{"item":24,"name":25,"@type":21,"position":26},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/","Document",2,{"item":28,"name":29,"@type":21,"position":30},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/research-report/","Research & Report",3,{"item":32,"name":10,"@type":21,"position":33},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/covid-cash-how-michigan-schools-spent-their-extra-pandemic-funds/584960/",4,{"url":32,"name":10,"@type":35,"image":36,"author":41,"headline":10,"publisher":44,"fileFormat":47,"inLanguage":8,"description":12,"dateModified":48,"datePublished":49,"encodingFormat":47,"isAccessibleForFree":50,"interactionStatistic":51},"DigitalDocument",{"url":37,"@type":38,"width":39,"height":40},"https://docshare.wps.com/thumbnails/covid-cash-how-michigan-schools-spent-their-extra-pandemic-funds/584960.png","ImageObject",300,407,{"name":42,"@type":43},"Sophia Brooks","Person",{"url":19,"name":45,"@type":46},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-10-23","2026-10-15",true,{"@type":52,"interactionType":53,"userInteractionCount":33},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":54},"ViewAction",{"@type":56,"mainEntity":57},"FAQPage",[58,64,68],{"name":59,"@type":60,"acceptedAnswer":61},"What time period does the report cover for Michigan school COVID funds?","Question",{"text":62,"@type":63},"It examines the period between March 2020 and March 2021, when federal relief money was distributed to American public schools and more than $700 million went to Michigan.","Answer",{"name":65,"@type":60,"acceptedAnswer":66},"Which federal laws provided the main waves of COVID relief funding to Michigan schools?",{"text":67,"@type":63},"The report points to three major legislative waves: the CARES Act (March 2020), a second-wave act passed in December 2020, and the American Rescue Plan Act passed in March 2021.",{"name":69,"@type":60,"acceptedAnswer":70},"How does the report break down COVID-related spending?",{"text":71,"@type":63},"It covers overall education spending, itemized COVID relief spending, and COVID spending by school type, and includes appendices listing grants and totals by category and year.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":32,"og:type":74,"og:title":10,"og:site_name":45,"og:description":12},"article",{"robots":76,"canonical":32},"index,follow",{"doc_id":78,"site_id":7},584960,1792192210,{"code":4,"msg":81,"data":82},"success",[83,87,91,95,100,105,110,114,119,122,126],{"id":22,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":84,"show_sort_weight":85,"slug":86},"Story & Novel",90,"story-novel",{"id":26,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":88,"show_sort_weight":89,"slug":90},"Literature",80,"literature",{"id":33,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":92,"show_sort_weight":93,"slug":94},"Exam",70,"exam",{"id":96,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":97,"show_sort_weight":98,"slug":99},5,"Comic",60,"comic",{"id":101,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":102,"show_sort_weight":103,"slug":104},6,"Technology",50,"technology",{"id":106,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":107,"show_sort_weight":108,"slug":109},7,"Healthcare",40,"healthcare",{"id":111,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":29,"show_sort_weight":112,"slug":113},8,30,"research-report",{"id":115,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":116,"show_sort_weight":117,"slug":118},9,"Religion & Spirituality",20,"religion-spirituality",{"id":117,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":120,"show_sort_weight":117,"slug":121},"World Cup","world-cup",{"id":123,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":124,"show_sort_weight":123,"slug":125},10,"Lifestyle","lifestyle",{"id":127,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":128,"show_sort_weight":96,"slug":129},19,"General","general",{"code":4,"msg":81,"data":131},{"doc_id":78,"user_id":132,"nickname":42,"user_avatar":133,"doc_module":4,"category_id":111,"category_name":29,"doc_title":10,"doc_description":12,"doc_content":134,"file_id":135,"file_url":136,"file_type":137,"file_size":138,"view_count":33,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":22,"is_downloadable":22,"audit_status":22,"page_count":117,"language":139,"language_code":8,"site_id":7,"html_lang":8,"table_of_contents":140,"faqs":141,"seo_title":142,"seo_description":12,"update_tm":143,"read_time":103,"preview_page_count":4},962084925636,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/davatar_994ba38a5ba835b3df7d355c54d3ed8d","COVID CASH  \nHow Michigan Schools Spent Their Extra Pandemic Funds  \nCASSIDY SYFTESTAD KLUTTS  \nThe Mackinac Center for Public Policy is a nonpartisan research and educational institute dedicated to improving the quality of life for all Michigan residents by promoting sound solutions to state and local policy questions. The Mackinac Center assists policymakers, scholars, businesspeople, the media and the public by providing objective analysis of Michigan issues. The goal of all Center reports, commentaries and educational programs is to equip Michigan residents and other decision makers to better evaluate policy options. The Mackinac Center for Public Policy is broadening the debate on issues that have for many years been dominated by the belief that government intervention should be the standard solution. Center publications and programs, in contrast, offer an integrated and comprehensive approach that considers:  \nAll Institutions. The Center examines the important role of voluntary associations, communities, businesses and families, as well as government.  \nAll People. Mackinac Center research recognizes the diversity of Michigan residents and treats them as individuals with unique backgrounds, circumstances and goals.  \nAll Disciplines. Center research incorporates the best understanding of economics, science, law, psychology, history and morality, moving beyond mechanical cost-benefit analysis.  \nAll Times. Center research evaluates long-term consequences, not simply short-term impact.  \nCommitted to its independence, the Mackinac Center for Public Policy neither seeks nor accepts any government funding. The Center enjoys the support of foundations, individuals and businesses that share a concern for Michigan’s future and recognize the important role of sound ideas. The Center is a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. For more information on programs and publications of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, please contact:  \nMackinac Center for Public Policy 140 West Main Street P.O. Box 568 Midland, Michigan 48640  \n989-631-0900 Fax: 989-631-0964 [Mackinac.org](Mackinac.org) [mcpp@mackinac.org](mcpp@mackinac.org)  \n© 2023 by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Midland, Michigan ISBN: 978-1-942502-74-6 | S2023-1[1 | Mackinac.org/s2023-1](1 | Mackinac.org/s2023-1)1  \nThe Mackinac Center for Public Policy Covid Cash: How Michigan Schools Spent Their Extra Pandemic Funds  \nBy Cassidy Syftestad Klutts  \n©2023 by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy Midland, Michigan  \nGuarantee of Quality Scholarship  \nThe Mackinac Center for Public Policy is committed to delivering the highest quality and most reliable research on Michigan issues. The Center guarantees that all original factual data are true and correct and that information attributed to other sources is accurately represented.  \nThe Center encourages rigorous critique of its research. If the accuracy of any material fact or reference to an independent source is questioned and brought to the Center’s attention with supporting evidence, the Center will respond in writing. If an error exists, it will be noted in a correction that will accompany all subsequent distribution of the publication. This constitutes the complete and final remedy under this guarantee.  \nContents  \nIntroduction ........................................................................................................................................................ 1  \nExisting reports of school Covid funds......................................................................................................... 2  \nOverall education spending ............................................................................................................................ 3  \nItemized Covid relief spending ...................................................................................................................... 4  \nCovid spending by school type ...","cbCaijjrIwjPENCS","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaijjrIwjPENCS","pdf",7822670,"English","# Introduction\n# Existing reports of school Covid funds\n# Overall education spending\n# Itemized Covid relief spending\n# Covid spending by school type\n# Conclusion\n# Appendix A: List of school Covid grants\n# Appendix B: Total school spending by category and year\n# Appendix C: Public school staffing, 2018-2022\n# Endnotes","[{\"question\":\"What time period does the report cover for Michigan school COVID funds?\",\"answer\":\"It examines the period between March 2020 and March 2021, when federal relief money was distributed to American public schools and more than $700 million went to Michigan.\"},{\"question\":\"Which federal laws provided the main waves of COVID relief funding to Michigan schools?\",\"answer\":\"The report points to three major legislative waves: the CARES Act (March 2020), a second-wave act passed in December 2020, and the American Rescue Plan Act passed in March 2021.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the report break down COVID-related spending?\",\"answer\":\"It covers overall education spending, itemized COVID relief spending, and COVID spending by school type, and includes appendices listing grants and totals by category and year.\"}]","Covid Cash - How Michigan Schools Spent Their Extra Pandemic Funds | PDF",1792053123]