Lancaster County public schools could see cuts to nearly $55 million in federal funding if President-elect Donald Trump succeeds in his promise to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education.
Most public school districts in Pennsylvania receive a slice of the $762 million in Title I money sent to the state, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Education, much of which is intended to support students in underperforming school districts.
Maura McInerney, legal director at the Education Law Center, said slashing funding would be "like pulling the rug out from under" public schools that have for decades relied on federal Title I to provide extra support and services to hundreds of thousands of low-income students in Pennsylvania.
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