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BUUSD trustees hear update on federal Title VI assurance; board advised to "sit tight"
Summary
Board members were briefed on a late federal request for every school district to sign a Title VI assurance and were advised to take no action until the state Agency of Education responds. The assurance relates to nondiscrimination language tied to consolidated federal grants; the district’s consolidated federal grant exceeds $1 million.
The Barre Unified Union School District #97 board heard an update about a federal request for school districts to sign an assurance tied to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and was advised to take no immediate action.
The board was told that the Agency of Education had asked districts to review and sign the assurance by Thursday and that, at the time of the meeting, associations and attorneys were meeting with Secretary Saunders and the agency to determine whether the state could…
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