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Officials flag discrepancy in federally connected student counts that could affect school funding
Summary
County and school officials, with legislators present, said data pulls showed widely different counts of federally connected or military-dependent students (one report ~5,500; another ~16,500) and asked the school system to verify the numbers because undercounts can reduce federal funding.
HARNETT COUNTY — County officials and legislators raised concerns about inconsistent counts of federally connected or military-dependent students in neighboring counties that could change federal funding allocations.
A state representative and county staff described a data discrepancy for Cumberland County: one report they had showed about 5,500…
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