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Subcommittee hears federal-funding uncertainty: delayed Education Department award tables and staff cuts complicate state planning
Summary
Officials told the Senate subcommittee that final federal grant award tables remain delayed, the U.S. Department of Education has cut staff and reorganized regional offices, and California anticipates $8.2 billion in federal education funds in 2025–26 but faces uncertainty pending federal action.
State and department officials told the subcommittee that federal grant allocations for 2025–26 remain unsettled and that federal-level staffing and policy changes at the U.S. Department of Education are complicating state planning.
"The May Revision includes a total of $8,200,000,000 in federal funds for the California Department of Education in 2025–26," Patrick Rochelle of the Department of Finance told the committee, summarizing May Revision figures that the administration said include $194.5 million in state operations and $8 billion in local assistance.
Kimberly Rosenberg, California Department of Education, described a series of…
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