Maryland education faces $418M ‘catastrophic’ loss in pandemic-era relief funds

Maryland education faces $418M ‘catastrophic’ loss in pandemic-era relief funds

The U.S. Department of Education told states Friday that it was canceling previous approvals to spend down remaining COVID-19 recovery funds, a change that could mean $418 million to the Maryland Department of Education.

Maryland schools face ‘catastrophic’ loss of $360 million in federal funds

The U.S. Department of Education told Maryland education leaders that they will not reimburse schools for $360 million in funds they had already committed to giving them.