The packet asked the commission to amend Fund 142 to recognize federal grant revenues and matching expenditures (Total Revenue and Expenditures shown as $3,571,643) and included a line-by-line grant schedule (Title I, IDEA, 21st CCLC, Eisenhower and other federal-through-state grants).

An ASEC representative told the East Grand Forks School Board that a proposed regional Educational Learning Center would fill a gap in intensive special‑education services for 11 rural districts, citing a $12.48 million construction estimate, $6.5 million in state bonding and an estimated $20.79 annual tax impact for the average East Grand Forks home.

More than 20 states, led by California, have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over the freezing of critical education funding that threatens after-school and summer programs nationwide