North Carolina education leaders are asking the federal government to overturn a decision that halts the distribution of $17 million to North Carolina schools for facility improvements.
On Thursday, the State Board of Education voted to issue a joint statement with Superintendent of Public Instruction Mo Green, urging the Department of Education to uphold the extensions for spending approximately $17 million in COVID-19 pandemic stimulus funds granted by the Biden administration last year.
Since 2020, over $6 billion in pandemic stimulus funds allocated for North Carolina public schools have either been spent or committed before the September 2024 deadline. However, the Biden administration granted some extensions, some of which aimed at covering facility expenses to provide relief during periods of material and labor shortages.
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