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Superintendent delays signing federal nondiscrimination attestation, cites legal review and funding risk
Summary
The superintendent told the Concord School Board she has not signed a federal attestation on nondiscrimination and is awaiting legal advice because the district could risk federal funds if it signs incorrectly; she described the document's potential consequences and said she was seeking counsel.
The Concord School District superintendent told the board on April 7 she has not signed a federal attestation that the district is in compliance with nondiscrimination requirements and is awaiting legal advice before doing so.
The document, received Friday and with a stated April 10 deadline, “attests to the fact that there is, no discrimination, in the district,” the superintendent said at the meeting. She said there are “consequences” if it is not signed by the deadline and that, if mishandled, the district’s federal funding could be jeopardized.
“As your superintendent I would never put this district in jeopardy,” she said, adding she is “waiting for legal advice” before…
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