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The shutdown is hurting schools whose budgets are mostly federal money
Impact Aid suspensions affect nearly 1,000 districts serving 8 million students, causing program cuts and financial uncertainty, officials said.
- This year the Impact Aid program suspends payments, leaving about 1,000 districts and nearly 8 million students without funds.
- Districts serving reservations or bases rely on Impact Aid because federal land isn't taxable; Chinle Unified School District covers 4,200 square miles in Navajo Nation and draws half its revenue from the program.
- At Chinle, officials say Chinle Unified School District suspended after-school meal programs and paused construction projects, while districts scale back services amid halted Impact Aid payments.
- Districts are tapping reserves to meet payroll, but Chinle Unified School District’s $30 million in Impact Aid funds teacher salaries and may face borrowing to meet payroll within months.
- Education Department staff who normally field Impact Aid questions have been furloughed and slated for elimination, while a federal judge last week blocked layoffs and Arizona Democratic members of Congress urged reversing them.
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Shutdown Hurting Schools Whose Budgets Are Mostly Federal Money
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In Chinle, Arizona, the financial hardship caused by the government shutdown has led to the suspension of after-school programs, including some that students rely on for meals.
·Lancaster, United States
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