Let me start by level setting and giving our presence here today. Some context. As we started our budget process this year, as we proceeded, it became abundantly clear that The $300 million structural deficit facing our School District of Philadelphia [is] the result of the expiration of federal Covid relief funds. that the school district had received. And I believe you use those, Dr. Watlington. They were done in September of 2024. Once we realized that the school district was facing that $300 million structural deficit. (02:36–02:55)
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Asserts that the School District of Philadelphia's deficit is due to expired federal Covid relief funds.
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