KENTUCKY (FOX 56) — As the Trump administration continues to tighten the belt on spending, previously awarded grants are no longer guaranteed. In 2023, the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence was awarded $47 million from the Department of Education over 5 years to pay for positions and programs to build up community schools. Now the remainder of that money is at risk of being cancelled.

“To cut these programs now mid-year, would be shortsighted in cutting off the impact that we're having,” Prichard’s president and CEO Brigitte Blom told FOX 56 News. “Think about mental health, tutoring capacity, health care, dental services that the school district can utilize in collaboration to support student needs. This is all about removing nonacademic barriers to success so that our teachers

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