OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – Billions of dollars intended for state education departments for the upcoming school year are in limbo. For Omaha, it means an immediate $1.7 million funding gap.
After-care programs are expected to take a direct hit. Funding from the federal Department of Education for states should have been announced yesterday, but it wasn’t.
Robert Patterson from Kids Can Community Center tells me this means they are now having to make tough choices about where to make cuts…