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Updated: 6:34 PM Sep 12, 2005
FEMA Won’t Reimburse Texas Schools For Teachers, Textbooks
Texas schools won't get federal emergency funds to pay for additional teachers and textbooks for students displaced by Hurricane Katrina. Posted: 7:25 AM Sep 13, 2005 |
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Texas schools won't get federal emergency funds to pay for additional teachers and textbooks for students displaced by Hurricane Katrina, according to a memo released by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Thousands of displaced students have enrolled in schools in the state. More than 300 have enrolled in Killeen Schools and dozens more are attending classes in Temple, Waco and other area districts.
Texas schools will need an estimated $450 million to educate the anticipated influx of students displaced by the hurricane.
Officials had hoped those costs would be covered by grants from FEMA.
But the FEMA memo sent to state officials Saturday said Texas schools will be eligible for reimbursement for temporary classroom buildings, mental health counselors and school computers.
The memo said hiring additional teachers and the purchase of books is not eligible "at this time."
Hurricane Katrina has displaced at least 372,000 students and Education Secretary Margaret Spellings said Monday that there are no clear answers about where the money will come from to educate them.
Meanwhile Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, says she wants more of the costs of educating the displaced students covered by the federal government and she filed four bills Monday aimed at stemming local costs related to opening shelters and providing other resources to hurricane survivors.
She said her bills were based on conversations she had in conference calls with Texas officials whose communities are new homes to thousands of hurricane evacuees.
“Schools and Medicare reimbursement as well as personnel overtime costs are key areas we are focusing on. As our communities mobilize to meet the victims’ long-term needs, we must assure them they will be compensated as the costs continue to grow,” she said.
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HOW YOU CAN HELP: HURRICANE ASSISTANCE WEB SITES
Click Here For Letter Of Hope Web Site To Send Letters To Displaced Hurricane Survivors
Click Here For More Information About Waco Shelter Plans And Resources
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Click Here For OneStar Foundation Web Site
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HURRICANE INFORMATION RESOURCES
Click Here For Department Of Defense Web Site Linking Evacuees and Military Families
Click Here For Texas Work Force Commission Web Site
Click Here For Hurricane Relief Information From U.S. Department Of Labor
Click Here For Texas Health And Human Services Commission Web Site
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Click Here For Humane Society Of the United States Web Site
Click Here For National Hurricane Center Web Site
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Click Here For Hydrologic Information Center For Information On River Flooding
Click Here For Federal Emergency Management Agency Web Site
Click Here For Louisiana Homeland Security Web Site
Click Here For City Of New Orleans Web Site
Click Here For Louisiana Governor’s Web Site
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