(The Center Square) - Despite dropping enrollment, the Los Angeles Unified School District is getting the most money its ever had with the aid of more than $4.8 billion in emergency COVID-19 funding from the federal government. The district stated they are also receiving an additional $1.2 billion in COVID-19 related state funding pushing its total emergency related money to $6.0 billion. The district stated it has until September 2024 to spend the COVID-related money.
The L.A. Unified school district is the largest school district in California and the second largest in the United States, with over 1,400 schools and centers.
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Enrollment has fallen significantly, from 661,653 in the 2016-2017 school year to 589,601 in the 2020-2021 school year. However, total revenues have increased from $7.3 billion in 2017-18 to a projected $11.8 billion in 2021-22.
With the increase in money, both from state and federal, the California K-12 school system, and the school district has reached record-high levels of funding.
In the 2016-2017 school year, the school district received $615.15 million in federal funding, or $929 per student.
In the 2020-2021 school year, that went up to $2,858 per student, or $1.69 billion received in the school district in federal funding.
The entire state of Rhode Island spends $2.76 billion a year on K-12 education in the state.
