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Lee County Schools warned possible federal funding withholding could cost district about $1 million
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Superintendent Dawson Buck told the Lee County Board of Education that federal funding actions could withhold multiple federal education grants that together may remove just over $1 million in funding for the district; board members discussed budgeting and contingency planning.
Superintendent Dawson Buck told the Lee County Board of Education on an open-session agenda item that the federal government has taken actions that could withhold several federal education funding streams and that those decisions could “trickle down and impact Lee County.”
Buck said the potential withholdings include roughly $500,000 from Title II professional development funds, about $177,000 from Title III (English-language learners), just under $230,000 from Title IV (student enrichment and after‑school supports such as AIG), and a little over $118,000 from Title I‑C (migrant education). “So it is…
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