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Just a couple of weeks out from the Nov. 2 special election referendum vote, the Bemidji Area School Board will meet in regular session at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 18, in the district office board room.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico Public Education Department has missed a...

New Mexico Education Agency Missed Deadline, $37M Requested - Associated Press The New Mexico Public Education Department has missed a deadline to submit

New Mexico submits data 3 days late to receive federal funding

The New Mexico Public Education Department is weighing its options after learning its failure to meet a deadline to submit school funding data to the federal government could cost the state millions of dollars. The PEDs submission was three days late, federal officials say, and now the agency has asked the state treasurer to transfer more than $37.5 million from a state reserve fund by the end of the month to make distributions to local education agencies. The shortfall at the state agency come...

More than 1,200 school districts across the country have good portions of federally owned land within their borders.

WATERTOWN — The recently passed bipartisan Fiscal Year 2021 government funding package includes $1.5 billion in funding for the country’s Impact Aid Program, delivering a $15 million increase from previous years. Earlier this year, U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand led a bipartisan letter alongside Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., urging appropriators to prioritize Impact Aid Funding to support more than 1,200 school districts across the country, including those near Fort Drum. Federally impact...