Federal education funding freeze impacts 27,000 Georgia students and after-school programs

The U S Department of Development has frozen billions of dollars in school grants impacting school districts and after-school programs in Georgia Funds for the st Century Neighborhood Learning Centers or CLCC grants are being withheld by the federal regime leaving various Georgia after-school and summer care programs in a state of confusion Statewide After-School Grid Director Katie Landes revealed Georgia s CLCC grant allocation was over million and serves students This funding in Georgia around of the grantees are school districts and so this is often a primary source of funding for a school district To operate after-school or summer offerings is particularly as critical in specific of our more rural communities in Georgia she revealed The freeze in funding may or may not be permanent Landes commented but it is causing confusion for grantees For those sites who may not be able to operate the same way or at all if they don t have access to funds she noted This could be it has the feasible to be a big surprise for families and to really have specific disastrous consequences for a family who are expecting a safe and enriching place for their child to go to after the school day ends while they are at work that they may not have access to The post Federal tuition funding freeze impacts Georgia students and after-school programs appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta