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Superintendent of Schools urges board to protect education services as federal forest funding shrinks
Summary
The county superintendent’s office told the board it delivers school support services countywide and asked the board to preserve a bridge fund and consider how Secure Rural Schools reauthorization (or its loss) should be used so statutory positions remain funded while direct services continue.
Coconino County’s Superintendent of Schools (CCSA) presented the office’s FY26 outlook on May 6, asking the Board of Supervisors to protect a bridge fund and to plan for the possible non‑reauthorization of Secure Rural Schools (SRS) funds.
Superintendent staff said the CCSA provides fiscal services, special‑education and mental‑health supports, literacy training, professional development and operates a small accommodation district that runs alternative and detention‑based schools. The office said it directly supports rural and small districts through payroll, reconciliations, special‑education evaluations and countywide programs that would be difficult for small districts to fund alone.
Board members were told the superintendent’s office has historically relied on SRS…
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