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Board votes to decline Section 31AA state aid pending legal clarifications
Summary
Citing ambiguous last-minute stipulations, the superintendent recommended and the board voted to opt out of Section 31AA state aid for 2025–26; the district estimates the allocation would have been about $139,000.
The Bedford Board of Education voted to decline Section 31AA state aid for the 2025–26 fiscal year after the superintendent advised caution because of unclear, last‑minute stipulations attached to the funds.
Superintendent Carl said Bedford Public Schools’ current estimate of the allocation is about $139,000 but that the grant language included stipulations he and the district legal team found potentially inconsistent with state and federal law. He…
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