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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's not Title 1 that pays for OSTP it's a grant called twenty first century. (Or something like that). Mr. Orange is keeping Title 1 but eliminating the twenty first century grant which is what pays for after school programming that funds OSTP here in DC and all over the country. And since the bill passed--then that means there won't be programming next school year. I don' tknow why there isn't more attention to the matter .[/quote]

If this is the case then yes, DC government needs to message about this now.  If parents will have to pay, if numbers will be reduced at schools, if they will do it for few hours (maybe until 4:30 instead 6:00 or whatever), or if programs are cut.  Or if DC will keep it funded at its current level but cut something else.  Parents need to know as soon as possible.  And I would hope DC already had these scenarios worked out before this bill passed because they knew it would.[/quote]

The FY26 budget is with Council now and still very much in flux until nearly the end of July. There is time to make the adjustments from current spending proposals to find other funding for at least this coming year to cover the OSTP/21CCLC grant. In the grand scheme of things, it's not that much money compared to DC local funds. You're not seeing broad communication from elected officials/DCPS/OSSE about this yet because they just don't know the full impact.

The other challenge will be the families kicked off of Medicaid and SNAP in the coming year, which will reduce the number of families designated as "at-risk" under Title 1 (they won't be any less at-risk...). That's not a problem for this coming school year, as I understand it, but could have cascading effects in SY 26-27.[/quote]

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