NATCHEZ &8212; It looks as if the Natchez-Adams School district may be getting some federal hurricane reimbursement dollars sooner than they thought.

Though the details aren&8217;t ironed out yet, Superintendent Anthony Morris told the school board Thursday the district would qualify for emergency impact dollars outlined in the president&8217;s Hurricane Education Recovery Act.

President Bush signed the act on Dec. 30, appropriating $645 million for schools that educated and are still educating evacuees.

The district will have to fill out multiple applications and provide enrollment information before the money comes.

&8220;What we&8217;d like for them to do is pay for the exact amount of time the students have been with us,&8221; Morris said. &8220;But what they probably will do is take enrollment snapshots.&8221;

At one point the district was educating about 600 evacuees. The district spent $112,548 on supplies, uniforms and salaries related to the evacuees. An additional $9,748 in federal funds were spent.

There is still no timeline for when reimbursements will come. The president&8217;s act allocates $750 million for immediate aid &8212; money that will go to the coastal schools that were damaged.

Another $5 million will go to students left homeless by the storms.

&8220;This has moved faster than I thought it would,&8221; Morris said.

In other business the board heard an update from Lamar and Iretha Beyah about a plan they have for a non-profit private school. The couple &8212; who originally wanted to open a charter school &8212; has asked the board for use of the district-owned Washington School building.

&8220;Our idea is to get (at-risk) children out of your school, restructure them and get them back to you,&8221; Lamar Beyah said.

The board members said they would discuss the matter in executive session and give the Beyahs an answer early next week.