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Impact Aid funding delays and staffing cuts worry districts, committee hears
Summary
Officials from federally impacted school districts told the Senate Indian Affairs Committee that delays in FY2025 appropriations and staff reductions at the Department of Education are causing cash-flow crises for districts that depend on Impact Aid.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs heard detailed testimony on how Impact Aid supports school districts serving federally connected and tribal land and how payment delays and limited program staffing put districts at immediate fiscal risk.
Nicole Russell, executive director of the National Association of Federally Impacted Schools, told the committee Impact Aid “sends funds directly to school districts,” and that many…
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