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Education commissioner says $30 million in ARPA maintenance funds will be managed locally as federal grantee role shifts
Summary
During a budget hearing, Commissioner Deionne Wells Hedrington told senators the U.S. Department of Education does not recognize the territory's Bureau of Construction and Maintenance for grant purposes; $30 million in ARPA maintenance projects will be managed locally while the Department of Education remains the grantee as federal policy shifts.
Commissioner Deionne Wells Hedrington told the Legislature’s Committee on Budget, Appropriations and Finance that about $30 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds have been assigned to maintenance-related projects and will be managed on the local side by the bureau of construction and maintenance.
“The bureau has its own budget on the local side. They are managing some of our ARPA projects, which were recently granted permission to move forward,” Wells said. She added that roughly $30,000,000 of ARPA funds are for maintenance-related projects.
Wells told senators the U.S. Department of Education does not formally recognize the local bureau as a…
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