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District warns frozen federal grants, possible block-granting could shrink $13.5M in annual federal support
Summary
The Lake Washington School District told its board Aug. 4 that recent federal funding freezes and potential changes to how the federal government distributes education money could reduce about $13.5 million a year in federal support for programs including special education and nutrition services.
The Lake Washington School District reported Aug. 4 that federal funding uncertainty created new shortfalls the district must consider in levy planning, with staff saying certain grants were frozen this summer and the 2026 federal spending bill still excludes some previously expected allocations.
"OSPI let us know over the summer that they, that, the administration had frozen some of our federal dollars that we were expecting this fall and to, that we school districts should count on not receiving those dollars. For us, that was about a million dollars," Associate Superintendent Posthumous told the board. She said the state later restored allocations for the 2025-26 year, but the 2026 federal…
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