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Trump’s order impacts $20.9M in money for MUSD students
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President Trump’s executive order temporarily freezing federal funding — that has been temporarily put on hold by a judge — impacts $20.9 million to educate Manteca Unified students.

The money helps fund 15 umbrella  programs ranging from $327,000 for JROTC to $4.5 million to educate special education students.

The money involved represents roughly 5 percent of the revenue in the $421 million overall district budget for the 2024-2025 school year.

It funds programs in the 25,500 student school district through June 30.

Other programs federal dollars support:

*$8.6 million for content experts, support for students/families experiencing homelessness, parent/family engagement outreach, professional learning community training and support for administrators and teachers, math coaching, and early literacy coaching among other endeavors.

*$79,000 for educating homeless children and youth.

*$451,000 for student support and academic enrichment, science content expert training and support for school sites, working with students and families to avoid attendance barriers, additional professional learning and coaching as well as other efforts to support classroom learning.

*$205,000 vocational education grant.

*$285,000 for federal mental health.

*$197,000 for education the children of migrant farmworkers.

*$4 million in learning loss recovery tied to the COVID pandemic.

*$15,000 for Indian (Indigenous American) education.

*$835,000 to support effective instruction.

*$1 million to support the effort to teach students English as a second language.


To contact Dennis Wyatt, email dwyatt@mantecabulletin.com