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Concerns about federal education funding cuts and current status of NYC public schools funding
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Council Member Rita Joseph raises concerns about potential federal education funding cuts under the Trump administration and inquires about the current status of federal funding for NYC public schools. Emma Vadehra, Deputy Chancellor for Operations and Finance, responds that while they are closely monitoring the situation, no direct budget impacts have been observed yet.
- Joseph asks about any issues in submitting claims for federal funding reimbursement
- Vadehra assures that they are vigilant but have not seen direct budget impacts
- The frequency of submitting claims for programs like Title I is discussed, with the CFO promising to provide more detailed information later
Rita Joseph
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I'd like to acknowledge council member Brooks Powers who is on remote and council member Sanchez.
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Thank you.
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Since president Trump took office earlier this year, his administration has taken aggressive steps towards significantly cutting federal funding including education funding through rapid executive orders moved by the department on government efficiency to cut spending and how republicans early efforts to draft a budget bill.
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It has been difficult to assert to ascertain that what federal funding is in danger and what funding may have already been targeted.
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To date, has New York City Public School had or heard of any issues in submitting claims for reimbursement for funds across any of the federal funding streams or programs?
Emma Vadehra
0:28:34
Thank you for the question.
0:28:36
Good to see you all.
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Thank you, Joe Joseph.
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We are, as the chancellor said, keeping as close an eye as we can on the daily confusing set of pronouncements coming out of the federal government.
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As of now, we don't believe any of the cuts or reductions have directly hit our budget, but we are keeping an eye on anything else that comes down and checking to make sure we can claim for anything that is relevant.
Rita Joseph
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Absolutely, the nation is keeping an eye on that.
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How often does New York City Public Schools submit claims for programs such as Title One?
Seritta Scott
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Good morning.
0:29:13
Good morning.
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I can get back to you frequency of how we when we submit the claims.