Local districts received the information from the Education Department after News Center 7’s Scott MacFarlane began making calls asking when the long-awaited money was supposed to arrive.

Congress approved $10 billion in emergency aid for districts across the country weeks ago to help save teaching jobs. MarFarlane found that the districts are eager to take the money, but have no immediate plans to rehire any teachers.

Dayton Public Schools are expected to get $4 million, while Springfield Schools are expected to receive $2 million. Hundreds of thousands of dollars are expected to be given to Xenia Schools, West Carrollton Schools, Kettering Schools and others.

MacFarlane said the hard part is figuring out if or when the schools will actually spend this money to hire teachers.

Over summer vacation, longtime principal Hubert Watson said his job is different this year amid a crippling recession and widespread cuts.

“You spend a lot of time in the community convincing them that you need more money. It’s politicking basically,” Watson said.

That is one reason school principals across the county celebrated this month when Congress passed a controversial, big-ticket financial aid package to schools nationwide.

This includes $361 million to Ohio school districts, in the White House’s words, to save teachers from layoffs.

Districts like Dayton cut 99 positions this year, while Xenia cut 16 and Kettering eliminated 22 positions.

However, a survey of local school districts fond that despite the infusion of money, there are no immediate plans to rehire.

Dayton Public Schools said it still does not know how or when the money will be used.

A Kettering spokesperson told News Center 7 that the district would rather use its share on equipment and technology.

With most schools back in session, the money is arriving too late to prevent at least some cuts from affecting your children this fall.

Education analysts said local districts ought to get moving on hiring because schools lobbied as if the money was needed now for teachers.

School districts have the right to wait until September 2012 to spend their millions in emergency aid. A point many local school administrators made very clear to News Center 7.