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Middletown City schools seek remedies after U.S. Education Department liquidation rule puts $5.6 million on hold
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Middletown City School District officials said April 28 they are pursuing every available step to restore roughly $5.621 million in federal ESSER money that the U.S. Department of Education temporarily put on hold.
Middletown City School District officials said April 28 they are pursuing every available step to restore roughly $5.621 million in federal ESSER money that the U.S. Department of Education temporarily put on hold.
Treasurer Randy Bertram told the board that Secretary McMahon issued a modified liquidation rule under 2 CFR 200.344(c), signed March 28, that requires federal award recipients to liquidate obligations within 120 days of an award ending. Bertram said the district’s late‑liquidation application for ESSER funds was submitted Feb. 18 and approved at the state level on March 26, but the department’s rule went into effect March 28 and the district later received…
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