Buffalo Public Schools proposed using COVID funds for critical race theory

Buffalo Public Schools has a detailed plan to use some of the school system's federal COVID-19 relief funds for college credit programs that teach students critical race theory.

The New York school district received $289 million in funds from the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund under the American Rescue Plan Act passed by Congress in 2021.

In its plan for the funds, released last year, the school district pledged to establish "Enhanced Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Scholar Programming," which would involve partnering with local colleges to "bring college courses to the students; especially those courses that focus on diverse history and culture and critical race theory."