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DPI surveying school districts about reopening plans

As school boards finalize decisions about school reopening, the DPI is collecting survey information from Wisconsin districts that have finalized their reopening plans. (See survey form.)  The request for this information went out to school districts in an email to district administrators last Monday (8/3).

The survey will remain open into early September to ensure the DPI is able to capture as many board decisions on reopening as possible. Results of this survey will be published by the DPI on its website.

It is our understanding that as of Friday noon (8/7), the Department had received responses from 197 districts.

President signs the Protecting Nonprofits from Catastrophic Cash Flow Strain Act of 2020

Last Monday (August 3, 2020), President Trump signed into law S. 4209, the Catastrophic Cash Flow Strain Act of 2020. 

This new law streamlines the process for reimbursable employer relief under the CARES Act. (School districts are among the entities that are deemed reimbursable employers for unemployment insurance purposes.)

This new law aims to ensure that employers such as states and local governments, including school districts, federally recognized tribes and nonprofit organizations that operate as reimbursing employers under state unemployment insurance systems and laid off or furloughed employees due to the Coronavirus pandemic can receive unemployment payment reimbursement relief under the CARES Act without bearing cash flow burdens that threaten their liquidity.

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