Chesco Schools To Receive $472,000 In Special Education Funding

CHESTER COUNTY, PA — School districts in Chester County were 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.

Chester County districts and charter schools were was awarded a total of $472,073.

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.

The funding award amounts for school districts and charter schools in Chester County are:

• Phoenixville Area School District, $40,112
• Pennsylvania Leadership Charter School, West Chester, $9,211
• Renaissance Academy Charter School, Phoenxiville, $5,000
• Chester Co Family Academy CS, West Chester, $1,000
• Owen J Roberts School District, $66,051
• Great Valley School District, $45,459
• Collegium Charter School, Exton, $5,594
• Insight PA Cyber Charter School, Exton , $5,958
• Kennett Consolidated School District, $24,802
• Oxford Area School District, $62,898
• Avon Grove Charter School, West Grove, $5,000
• Avon Grove School District, $37,355
• Coatesville Area School District, $163,629.