{"id":133934,"date":"2025-03-14T23:00:44","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T23:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/alabama\/state-superintendent-mackey-reassures-board-of-education-amid-federal-cuts\/"},"modified":"2025-03-14T23:00:44","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T23:00:44","slug":"state-superintendent-mackey-reassures-board-of-education-amid-federal-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=133934","title":{"rendered":"State Superintendent Mackey reassures Board of Education amid federal cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alabama State Superintendent Dr. Eric Mackey addressed members of the Alabama State Department of Education Board during a work session on Thursday to clarify how federal cuts at the U.S. Department of Education would impact the state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Questions began rising after the U.S. Department of Education announced Tuesday that it would lay off over 1,300 of its more than 4,000 employees.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cPeople have asked if I\u2019m concerned. As long as the money flows, we\u2019re going to be fine,\u201d said Mackey. \u201cWe just need the federal money that our schools have been promised because that is about 10 percent of our budget that comes from the federal government.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mackey ensured the board that there had been no discussion about federal funds not flowing to the schools and that the state had access to funds set aside to mitigate short-term holes in funding.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With fewer people employed at the Department of Education, Mackey explained that the state might have to change some communicative procedures, but at the moment, they were still unaware as to who has been let go at the Department of Education.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThey assign a person who answers questions for our federal programs. We have a regional person who might have several states. My assumption is if they\u2019re cutting their staff in half, and I used to have five states, I might now have ten to answer to,\u201d said Mackey.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He explained that while the Department of Education will be reduced, with some functions likely being moved to other agencies, the core functions should remain consistent in the state.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div class=\"zox-post-ad-wrap\"><span class=\"zox-ad-label\">Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cOur core programs are IDEA, our special ed, and ESEA, Title I, II, III and IV, and I have not heard any rumors, haven\u2019t read anything in the paper that says that those are going to be either reduced or moved to a new agency,\u201d said Mackey.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Funding decreases to these core programs would require congressional approval. So far, the only program impacted is an ancillary Department of Agriculture program which was cut earlier this week, the \u201cfarm-to-school\u201d program.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Before this program was canceled, Alabama received $16 million in federal funding that allowed schools to buy fresh produce from local farmers to serve in cafeterias.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAgain, it does not mean that our kids won\u2019t get food. They\u2019ll get food, they\u2019ll get plenty of food, it\u2019ll meet all the criteria, but it may not be farm-to-school,\u201d said Mackey.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On Wednesday, Gov. Kay Ivey said she was \u201call for shrinking government where we can.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAnd truth be known, every state has an education department. I know we\u2019ve got a good one and a state board of education and local boards that can handle education very well. I am going to trust President Trump on this one,\u201d said Ivey.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 -->\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alabama State Superintendent Dr. Eric Mackey addressed members of the Alabama State Department of Education Board during a work session on Thursday to clarify how federal cuts at the U.S. Department of Education would impact the state. 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