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Finance committee recommends board accept opioid-settlement awards, pre-K homeless grant and CTE funds
Summary
The APS Finance Committee recommended that the School Board approve multiple grant budget adjustments including opioid-settlement awards to support behavioral-health staff, a first-time state pre-K homeless grant, two CTE awards and remaining conservation funds for Sandia Mountain Natural History Center.
The Albuquerque Public Schools Finance Committee on July 23 recommended that the full School Board approve several grant budget adjustments, including opioid-settlement funds that staff said will support behavioral-health positions, a first-time state grant for pre‑K students experiencing homelessness and career-and-technical-education awards for two high schools.
The committee’s action is a recommendation to the board; final approval will occur when the board considers the consent agenda. Committee Chair Crystal Tapia Romero presided over the meeting.
Why it matters: committee members said the opioid-settlement awards and the new early-childhood grant are targeted investments intended to expand behavioral-health services and supports to vulnerable students. Board members asked how the district will track outcomes and said they want…
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