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District pauses ESSER/MD LEADS spending; Marathon Health invoice and grant options discussed
Summary
Talbot County officials reported a temporary stop on ESSER and MD LEADS spending, submitted reimbursements for a reopened window including an $81,000 Marathon invoice, and said MABE offered $300,000 to cover construction costs; Marathon offered to absorb further build‑out costs if the district extends its agreement from five to seven years.
Finance staff told the board on May 19 that federal and state guidance required the district to cease spending on ESSER and MD LEADS projects; the district followed that instruction and later learned a brief funding window reopened for reimbursement requests.
During that reopened window the district submitted two invoices: one for about $81,000 for work Marathon had performed and not yet billed, and a second larger invoice for remaining build‑out and operating start‑up costs that MSDE…
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