BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Selma City Schools may still receive the full $4 million in federal pandemic relief funding it lost access to earlier this year, after the U.S. Department of Education reversed course on a March 28 decision that had halted the disbursement of remaining funds.
The change allows the reimbursement process to resume while a lawsuit challenging the department’s decision moves forward.
“We are relieved with this news,” Selma Superintendent David Scott told Alabama Daily News. “It will be spent on the construction of the School of Discovery, as originally intended.”…