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Trustees urged to push state lawmakers as federal block-grant plan discussed
Summary
Trustee Goodwin reported from a federal advocacy conference that members of Congress are discussing shifting federal education funds into state block grants; trustees said the advocacy committee will prepare outreach to state legislators before January.
Miss Goodwin reported that she attended a federal advocacy conference in Washington, D.C., where congressional staff indicated a possible move toward converting certain federal education funds into state-controlled block grants. She urged trustees and constituents to contact their state representatives to oppose that change, saying the district could receive less funding if the program is reshaped at the state level.
"We need to keep it the way that it is now, because if they do that, we might not get what we're supposed to get," Miss Goodwin said, urging local outreach to Columbia.
Mister Sailors echoed the concern and said the advocacy committee will develop a strategy for trustees to individually contact their counterparts in the state general assembly before it reconvenes in January. "Advocacy committee will be working on a strategy for us individually to reach out to our counterparts in the general assembly before they return in January," he said.
Board members did not take formal action on funding policy at the meeting; the remarks were presented as a committee report and direction for the advocacy committee to prepare outreach plans.
