Springfield, West Springfield, Holyoke, WMass Catholic schools scramble after Trump cuts $106M in funding

Area municipalities look to upgrade school HVAC systems.

Ben Paquette, director of central maintenance and wired utilities for the city of West Springfield, right, and Bill Russell, with central maintenance, look over deteriorating cooling units on the roof of the West Springfield Middle School in February 2023. (Don Treeger / The Republican, File)

SPRINGFIELD — The Trump administration terminated $106 million in K-through-12 education grant funding for Massachusetts, and nearly half of it — $47.3 million — was headed to Springfield.

Cities and schools thought they’d have another year, until March 2026, to claim funding from the federal Education Stabilization Fund, but the U.S. Department of Education cut off funding as of 5 p.m. Friday. States like Massachusetts got their notifications just three minutes later, at 5:03, Gov. Maura T. Healey said Tuesday in a statement.

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