Indiana school leaders are offering bonuses to their staff as tokens of appreciation after an intense and unusual school year, but teachers say it's not a substitute for long-term sustainable increases to their pay.

Federal COVID-19 relief funding is providing K-12 schools with an influx of critically-needed cash, but millions of dollars are also providing support for early childhood education. Part of the funding will go toward a child care scholarship program for essential workers in the state.

Nearly $2.6 billion in federal coronavirus relief funds is headed to Indiana schools. In rural districts where income from property taxes is low, some of that money will pay for long-delayed building maintenance.

The searchable database shows the total each public school district, charter school and adult high school in Indiana is receiving from the two federal pandemic relief spending packages and how much that amounts to per student in the district.

The $1.8 billion in funding is the largest ever injection of federal funds to Indiana schools. The money can be used to address learning loss and reimburse certain COVID-19-related expenses.