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Parents urge Madison City Board to host town hall as federal funding uncertainty and ELL support draw concerns
Summary
Maggie Mintz, a Madison City parent, asked the board to hold a town hall on a recently passed federal tax and spending package she said could harm public education; another parent urged the board to safeguard English Language Learner funding.
Maggie Mintz, a parent with three teenagers, asked the board to host a public forum or town hall to allow two‑way dialogue with families, students and staff about a recently passed federal tax and spending package she said could affect public education funding. "I really hope that you guys will take me up on the offer and the formal request to have a town hall so we can talk about it," Mintz said.
Mintz described the package as a sweeping federal tax and spending bill that, she said, extends tax breaks, expands military and immigration enforcement spending and offsets costs…
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