County school districts learn PPE allotment

The Texas Education Agency is sending more than 125,000 disposable masks to school districts in Henderson County along with other Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) ahead of the 2020-2021 school year.

This equipment is expected to arrive in school districts by early August.

According to the TEA, “PPE allotments were calculated by using 2019-2020 student and on-campus staff counts and were allotted on a per pupil, district basis. On-campus staff includes teachers, administrators, paraprofessionals, and auxiliary staff.”

It will be up to individual districts to distribute the PPE according to local rules.

Find each school district’s allotment below.

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