the District dare not spend its funds until it gets permission from the Federal Government.
Eleanor Holmes Norton: “the District dare not spend its funds until it gets permission from the Federal Government.”
On the recordJanuary 29, 2014
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Highlighting funding restrictions faced by D.C. schools.
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