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The (Raleigh) News & Observer |
North Carolina’s public schools have lost nearly $40 million in federal COVID aid after the U.S. Department of Education abruptly canceled the funding.
Las Vegas Sun |
Attorney General Aaron Ford has joined a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for canceling $12 billion in grants, $35 million of which ...
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Conservative backlash erupted after President Donald Trump endorsed Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina for re-election.
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Democratic AGs are suing the Trump administration over "unlawful" cuts to public health agency grants to their states that were earmarked during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In the most up-to-date information available through the U.S. Department of Education, which tracks money spent through Jan. 31 of this year, states range in unspent ESSER money now canceled by the federal government from just $18,000 in Hawaii to more than $250 million in Pennsylvania.
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Explícame on MSNTrump administration halts final federal aid payments for Covid: Here's whyTrump administration has halted the final federal aid payments for COVID-19. This decision reverses a previous initiative by the Biden administration, which allowed for extended deadlines.
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Chalkbeat on MSNPrograms like tutoring in jeopardy after Linda McMahon terminates COVID aid spending extensionsEducation Secretary Linda McMahon has canceled Biden-era extensions state and schools received to spend pandemic aid. Education officials blasted the move.
These funds have been spent or committed with every expectation of reimbursement," Maryland schools chief Carey Wright said.
The federal government has rescinded deadline extensions for a majority of states to spend remaining pandemic aid.
State officials say the Trump administration is pulling back $477 million aimed at preventing infectious disease and treating mental health and substance abuse issues.
A sudden reversal in federal funding has some Worcester County school districts looking at unexpected bills for projects that have already begun
Like some other states, Michigan had been approved to submit delayed requests for late reimbursement of their pre-approved projects.
An abrupt change in a U.S. Department of Education deadline for spending millions in COVID-related dollars has left many Kentucky districts in potentially difficult financial position, state officials say.