COVID cash meant to get kids back on track took surprising detour in blue-state school district

Hundreds of thousands of dollars in pandemic-era federal relief funding, including money intended to help students recover from learning loss, instead went toward "anti-racism" training for teachers and administrators in Albuquerque Public Schools.

The district approved $336,500 in American Rescue Plan funds in 2021 for training tied to the People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond (PISAB), while accounting records obtained by America First Legal show APS ultimately spent nearly $700,000 on the training program.