Over 13,000 Albuquerque students face program cuts as feds withhold $12M

Albuquerque Public Schools will have to scramble to provide some services after the federal government withheld millions of dollars in education funding just weeks before the school year begins.

The U.S. Department of Education announced June 30 that it was delaying the disbursement of $6.9 billion in congressionally approved federal education funds, according to a news release from U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez.

APS, New Mexico’s largest school district, could lose up to $12 million, the release states…

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