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Pima County supervisors approve resubmission of federal school relief invoice ahead of deadline
Summary
The Pima County Board of Supervisors voted 3-1 at a special meeting to approve resubmitting an Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief invoice to the U.S. Department of Education so the county can secure previously denied funds; staff said the request must be refiled by the following day.
The Pima County Board of Supervisors voted 3-1 at a special meeting to approve resubmitting an Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESEA) invoice to the U.S. Department of Education so the county can secure payment.
The motion to approve the item was moved and seconded, with Supervisor Hines recorded as seconding. After brief remarks from county staff, the board approved the measure 3-1. Chair Allen said the board would return from a short executive session and take up the ESEA item on the public agenda.
A county attorney or administrator described the funding paperwork and timeline, saying the county had entered an intergovernmental agreement with the Arizona Department of Education and had submitted an invoice to the department "for services provided between October of '23 and September of '24." The official said the request was initially denied but is now being authorized for payment and added: "Those payments have to be submitted again to the Department of Education by tomorrow, so that was the necessity for having this special meeting today." The statement was attributed to the county attorney/administrator as recorded in the meeting.
Vice Chair (Supervisor) Hines led the meeting's land acknowledgement earlier in the session, honoring the Tohono O'odham Nation and the Pascua Yaqui Tribe and noting Pima County's stated commitment to building equal partner relationships with Arizona's tribal nations.
The meeting record shows Melissa conducted roll call; Supervisors Christy and Hines and Chair Allen were present, Supervisor Scott was absent, and a quorum was noted. Item 4, discussed during executive session, was reported as "discussion only" with no formal action taken. The special meeting ended after the ESEA item and adjournment.
The county's staff will resubmit the paperwork to the U.S. Department of Education by the deadline identified in the meeting. The meeting record does not provide additional detail on the final payment schedule or the exact dollar amount in a clear, confirmed format; those figures were discussed in the session record and would require clarification from county staff or the administering agencies for publication.
