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Stoughton board hears state and federal education developments, from proposed testing rollback to grant fights
Summary
District staff summarized federal grant uncertainty, litigation over terminated Education Department grants, and several state bills under consideration including device-use policies, a testing-accountability rollback, parent-notification measures and proposals affecting pronouns and athletics.
Lisa, a district staff member leading the legislative update, briefed the Stoughton Area School District Board of Education on federal and state developments affecting K–12 funding and policy.
The update noted what Lisa described as “the current administration is cutting half of its workforce and also, stopping some federal grants,” and she said an Education Department map shows Stoughton receives federal funds and that DPI reports federal funds equal about 5 percent of the district’s revenue limit and that 14 percent of full‑time educators are supported by U.S. Department of Education funding. Lisa also said DPI figures list total federal funds to Stoughton (Department of Education and Department of Agriculture) as “$1,000,000.777313.”
The significance: board members were told the immediate risk to…
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