{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fncsl-podcasts.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fsorting-through-the-stimulus-oas-episode-150-bPRnEoSN","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Sorting Through the Stimulus | OAS Episode 150","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/553b78c5-595c-43c1-8f1b-25d61f5576ef/4fd4d237-6a5d-433a-8e93-ea3c960862fc/oas-logo-3000.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"Congress approved more than $5.2 trillion in relief and stimulus funding since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. States were given spending authority over a great deal of that money. \n\nThe three guests on this podcast, all NCSL experts, discuss the size and complexity of the different pieces of legislation, the push to give states flexibility in how they spend the money and why most of the federal education funding was given directly to school districts. They also got into the nuts and bolts of how different states are using different approaches to dealing with the money. \n\nThe guests on the podcast include:\n\n\tErlinda Doherty, director of the budget and revenue committee at NCSL’s Washington, D.C., office. \n\n\tAustin Reid, senior legislative director for education policy at NCSL in the D.C. office.\n\n\tEmily Maher, a senior policy specialist in NCSL’s Fiscal Affairs Program in Denver.\n\n"}