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Superintendent: federal actions could cut about $6 million; district will use reserves to keep federally funded staff this year

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Superintendent Castaneda told the Salem-Keizer School Board that recent federal actions and a newly passed federal bill could result in roughly $6,000,000 in unanticipated cuts affecting students who rely on federal programs; the district will use reserves to continue funding federally supported staff through the coming school year.

Superintendent Castaneda told the Salem-Keizer School Board on July 8 that recent federal actions and legislation appear to have created roughly $6,000,000 in unanticipated funding cuts for the district and warned the reductions would disproportionately affect the district’s most vulnerable students.

"Salem Keizer Public Schools maintains the reserves to ensure that the staff who are federally funded will continue to…

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