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Appropriations committee flags new $182,000 request tied to lost local 'sponsors' for food programs; asks AOE to clarify
Summary
Committee members discussed a new $182,000 budget request to cover food (or related) supports after several local sponsors withdrew; members asked the Agency of Education to explain sponsor loss and administrative barriers.
During its Jan. 24 meeting, the House Appropriations Committee discussed a new request in the education committee letter: roughly $182,000 to cover food supports for childcare or other centers after several local sponsoring organizations withdrew from administering the program.
Committee members said testimony (cited as coming from Capstone in public hearings) described sponsors — local organizations that administered food or related programs — leaving the role because…
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