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Committee flags grant uncertainty and food‑service funding risks, including $168,083 Chartwells invoice
Summary
Finance committee members discussed federal grant freezes and the risk to school programs and food services; an invoicing timing issue left a $168,083 Chartwells charge on the general fund this year.
Norwalk school officials told the Board of Education Finance Committee on Feb. 12 they are closely watching federal and state grant funding and that a timing issue left a Chartwells summer-food invoice of $168,083 charged to the general fund.
CFO Lunda Asmani told the committee that grant funding has fallen since the expiration of ESSER funds: total grant spending in FY24 was about $48 million, and FY25 grant funding is approximately $35 million. He said most grants flow through the state but that the district receives two federal grants directly: a marine-science grant and the Magnet Schools Assistance Program (MSAP).…
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