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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2025/california-extends-state-financial-aid-deadline-until-april-2/727398\">Wednesday, April 2 is the state priority deadline\u003c/a> for the Free Application for Student Aid, a.k.a FAFSA — the deadline California students should meet for the best chances of receiving the biggest aid package.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And even as \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/65308/the-education-department-is-being-cut-in-half-heres-whats-being-lost\">the federal government continues to slash\u003c/a> away at the U.S. Department of Education, which administers FAFSA and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12032864/californians-with-student-loan-debt-face-uncertain-future\">student loans\u003c/a>, the California agency that handles financial aid for colleges and universities is still encouraging students to apply for aid before that April 2 deadline hits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Regardless of what is happening at the federal level, that does not impact your ability to apply for aid. Especially here in California, there are multiple options,” California State Aid Commission spokesperson Shelveen Ratnam said. “If you are able to access and \u003ca href=\"https://studentaid.gov/h/apply-for-aid/fafsa\">complete the FAFSA\u003c/a>, we encourage you to do so.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a \u003ca href=\"https://www.csac.ca.gov/sites/default/files/2025-03/CaliforniaLeadersUrgetheImportanceofFinancialAidDeadline_03.27.25_0.pdf\">March 27 statement\u003c/a>, several California lawmakers condemned “misinformation regarding the availability of the FAFSA and state financial Aid” that President Donald Trump’s actions against the Department of Education had already caused, creating “additional anxiety and worry for families.” State Sen. Sasha Renée Pérez, the chair of the Senate Education Committee, said that the efforts to “dissolve the U.S. Department of Education” have already negatively impacted students and families, and that “here in California, we must protect our students and ensure we remain resilient in light of these regressive actions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I urge all California students to not give up hope, to continue to fight for their dreams, and persist through their educational journey — which starts by applying for aid,” Pérez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep reading for what options are available for California students planning to \u003ca href=\"https://studentaid.gov/h/apply-for-aid/fafsa\">apply for FAFSA by the April 2 state priority deadline\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>What could happen with FAFSA — and student loans — at the federal level?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Since the January inauguration, the second Trump administration has made major moves to weaken the Department of Education — an agency that’s been \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101909180/what-trumps-threatened-education-cuts-mean-for-students-schools\">the focus of Republican ire for years\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On March 20, President Trump signed an executive order calling on the U.S. Education Secretary, Linda McMahon, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12032228/trump-signs-executive-order-to-begin-dismantling-the-department-of-education\">to dismantle the DOE entirely.\u003c/a> Constitutionally, the executive branch alone\u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/us/can-trump-dismantle-education-department.html\"> does not have the power\u003c/a> to eliminate an agency like the DOE and would require approval from Congress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12018723 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/GettyImages-564011653-1020x726.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this month, the Trump administration laid off over \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/03/12/nx-s1-5325854/trump-education-department-layoffs-civil-rights-student-loans\">1,300 DOE employees\u003c/a>, reducing the agency’s workforce by nearly 50%, when added to the 600 staffers who opted to leave by resigning or retiring. The layoffs \u003ca href=\"https://www.insidehighered.com/news/government/student-aid-policy/2025/03/13/how-education-department-layoffs-could-affect-higher\">eliminated workers\u003c/a> who assisted students and families with their questions about FAFSA. Other laid-off staff handled disputes between borrowers and loan services, leaving many borrowers languishing in uncertainty about the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12031831/i-have-student-loans-what-should-i-do-during-these-department-of-education-cuts\">future of their repayments\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California State Aid Commission’s Ratnam said many students reached out to CSAC through\u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/FAFSA/comments/1jfzvip/should_i_drop_out_of_college_until_trump_either/\"> social media\u003c/a> with their worries about FAFSA \u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/FAFSA/comments/1jfbt1d/scared/\">itself being eliminated\u003c/a> after Trump’s executive order. But, “just because there’s going to be changes at the federal level to the U.S. Department of Education doesn’t mean the FAFSA is going away,” he said, adding that the recent changes from the federal government “does not impact the state aid yet.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Students may also be concerned about where student loan portfolios may end up in the future if the DOE is indeed shuttered. Student loan experts like Betsy Mayotte, the founder of the nonprofit \u003ca href=\"https://freestudentloanadvice.org/\">Institute of Student Loan Advisors\u003c/a>, said to KQED earlier this month that even if a person’s student loan portfolio was moved out of the Department of Education and into another office like the Treasury, as \u003ca href=\"https://time.com/7265794/what-will-happen-to-student-loans-if-department-of-education-closes/\">Trump has proposed\u003c/a>, “it would just mean that a different agency was performing the oversight. … Terms and conditions of the loans aren’t going to change, the servicers aren’t going to change.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED has an explainer on what \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12031831/i-have-student-loans-what-should-i-do-during-these-department-of-education-cuts\">borrowers focusing on repayment\u003c/a> should know about their student loans.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>What mixed-status families should know about FAFSA this year\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>During the 2023–24 FAFSA cycle, the federal government \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11957693/applying-for-fafsa-in-2023-will-be-different-what-to-know-including-deadlines\">launched a new version\u003c/a> of the financial aid application in hopes of making the traditionally lengthy process more streamlined, but it resulted instead in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11987754/californias-class-of-2024-lags-in-student-aid-applications-data-shows\">glitchy, delayed rollout\u003c/a>. The errors especially impacted \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11979367/fafsa-2024-the-big-error-affecting-mixed-status-families-and-what-to-do-if-youre-an-affected-student\">mixed-status families\u003c/a>, where a student has a Social Security number but one parent does not due to their immigration status. These students were \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11979367/fafsa-2024-the-big-error-affecting-mixed-status-families-and-what-to-do-if-youre-an-affected-student\">blocked entirely\u003c/a> from completing the application because they could not enter a parent’s Social Security number.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This was an especially pertinent problem in California where, according to 2021 numbers by the \u003ca href=\"https://immigrantdataca.org/indicators/mixed-status-families?breakdown=by-age-group\">California Immigrant Data Portal\u003c/a>, 20% of all individuals under 18 live with a mixed-status family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The federal government has taken steps\u003ca href=\"https://www.ncan.org/news/688741/FSA-Announces-Updates-to-Support-Individuals-Without-Social-Security-Numbers.htm\"> to make the FAFSA easier\u003c/a> this year for people without Social Security numbers. For example, the FAFSA expanded the list of acceptable ID documents parents needed to have to make an account. However, the California State Aid Commission’s Ratnam said that, unfortunately, many students this year are facing similar “technical difficulties in completing the FAFSA” as last year.[aside postID=news_12031831 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/GettyImages-2204718967-1020x680.jpg']As a result, Ratnam said that concerned students from mixed-status families should know that “another viable option” is to apply for aid through \u003ca href=\"https://dream.csac.ca.gov/landing\">the California Dream Act right now instead of FAFSA\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The\u003ca href=\"https://www.csac.ca.gov/apply\"> California Dream Act Application is\u003c/a> the state-specific financial aid process for students without a permanent immigration status, with funds limited to schools within California. Using this application will allow students “to apply for — and be eligible for — state-based aid and institutional aid,” Ratnam said. “They will always have the option to go back and complete a FAFSA at a later date, maybe when those technical issues have been resolved.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While students from mixed-status families \u003cem>can \u003c/em>apply for state aid through the California Dream Act without applying to FAFSA at all, this would mean they wouldn’t have access to federal aid for their studies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mixed-status students have\u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/education/mixed-status-fafsa-cadaa-financial-aid-undocumented-trump-administration\"> also expressed their concerns\u003c/a> that applying for federal student aid could reveal their parents’ immigration status to a hostile presidential administration that has promised “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12023560/bay-area-officials-vow-uphold-sanctuary-immigrants-despite-threats-from-trump\">mass deportations\u003c/a>,” most recently transferring hundreds of \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/03/26/g-s1-56392/appeals-circuit-alien-enemies-act\">Venezuelan immigrants\u003c/a> to El Salvador by invoking the Alien Enemies Act.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There have also been reports that immigration authorities are close to \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/23/politics/irs-ice-data-undocumented-immigrants/index.html\">obtaining access to Internal Revenue Service data\u003c/a> concerning immigrants who have filed their taxes — and tax information is needed to complete the FAFSA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In November, the National College Attainment Network\u003ca href=\"https://www.ncan.org/news/687899/NCAN-Shares-FAFSA-Guidance-for-Mixed-Status-Families.htm\"> acknowledged the fear\u003c/a> many families were feeling, admitting that “at this time NCAN cannot assure mixed-status students and families that data submitted to the U.S. Department of Education, as part of the FAFSA process, will continue to be protected.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We believe mixed-status families should make a considered decision about whether to submit identifying information to the federal government in an FSA ID or FAFSA,” NCAN’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.ncan.org/news/687899/NCAN-Shares-FAFSA-Guidance-for-Mixed-Status-Families.htm\">November guidance read\u003c/a> — even though\u003ca href=\"https://studentaid.gov/notices/privacy\"> the 1965 Higher Education Act\u003c/a> explicitly prohibits the use of this type of student data for any purpose other than determining federal financial assistance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In \u003ca href=\"https://www.ncan.org/news/687899/NCAN-Shares-FAFSA-Guidance-for-Mixed-Status-Families.htm\">January\u003c/a>, NCAN cautioned students and families that “to the extent that you or a contributor has already provided [DOE] with information when creating a StudentAid.gov account or previously filling out the FAFSA, [DOE] likely still has that information.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to NCAN, a new application would just update this existing information — and according to studentaid.gov, borrowers cannot delete\u003ca href=\"https://studentaid.gov/help/how-delete-fafsa-form\"> a submitted or processed\u003c/a> form.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Echoing the California State Aid Commission’s Ratnam, “if you are concerned about how your data will be used by the federal government, you can still apply via the California Dream Act Application, California’s own financial aid application,” Daisy Gonzales, executive director of the California Student Aid Commission, said in \u003ca href=\"https://www.csac.ca.gov/sites/default/files/2025-03/CaliforniaLeadersUrgetheImportanceofFinancialAidDeadline_03.27.25_0.pdf\">a statement\u003c/a>. “It supports your access to state aid and institutional aid, and your data will only be used for the purposes of determining and awarding financial aid.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We urge you to complete your financial application and believe in your dreams,” Gonzalez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In December, Gonzales told KQED that “the California Student Aid Commission never shares their data with the federal government.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>President Donald Trump’s \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/voting-elections-trump-executive-order-4e9edb53f47e61e241a43ceef8164022\">executive order\u003c/a> seeking to change \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/preserving-and-protecting-the-integrity-of-american-elections/\">how U.S. elections are run\u003c/a> is creating uncertainty for state and local election officials and worries about voter confusion before the next federal election, the 2026 midterms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Election officials were already dealing with the \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/election-security-cisa-kristi-noem-cybersecurity-5bac8ce416c46b4fbe44c94ae5874b39\">loss of some cybersecurity assistance\u003c/a> from the federal government and now face the potential for \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/trump-elections-voting-executive-order-citizenship-proof-4bbcf7e13183d8c5004ceb0ca53c7845\">major changes\u003c/a> that include a new voter registration requirement, decertification of certain voting systems and stricter ballot deadlines for many states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Connecticut, Secretary of the State Stephanie Thomas is hopeful that ballot scanners the state just bought for $20 million will be acceptable under the executive order, but she worries about other states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not like states have millions and millions of dollars that they can just upgrade their election equipment every couple of years,” said Thomas, a Democrat. “Imagine people purchased new equipment and now it no longer can be used. There is no remedy for that in the order.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because Trump’s order is \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/trump-executive-order-elections-voting-constitution-8908477167fd65dc9cd485e1fde5b804\">likely to face legal challenges\u003c/a>, it’s unclear what will be required and when. That means more uncertainty for election officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have no idea what the timeline is for things in the executive order,” said Joseph Kirk, who oversees elections in Bartow County, Georgia. “I really hope we have some clarity on some of this stuff soon because no matter what the answers are, I need to take care of my voters.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"mb-0 pb-2 ap-font-bold\">Order inserts the federal government into state election operations\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In the order Tuesday, Trump criticized the work of election officials across the country and praised how other nations conduct their elections. Trump has long questioned the integrity of U.S. elections, \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/events-united-states-presidential-election-03fcd572e84b42a1bfeb5b6f503d9149\">falsely claiming after his White House win in 2016\u003c/a>, when the Republican won the Electoral College but lost the popular vote to Democrat Hillary Clinton, that his support would have been higher if not for large numbers of noncitizens voting in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/trump-2020-election-lies-debunked-4fc26546b07962fdbf9d66e739fbb50d?utm_source=RecoReel&utm_medium=articlePage&utm_id=Taboola\">continues to claim\u003c/a> his 2020 loss to Democrat Joe Biden was the result of a “rigged” election. There is \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/voter-fraud-election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-7fcb6f134e528fee8237c7601db3328f\">no evidence of widespread fraud\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/top-officials-elections-most-secure-66f9361084ccbc461e3bbf42861057a5\">no evidence that voting systems were manipulated\u003c/a>, with multiple \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-joe-biden-election-2020-elections-government-and-politics-4b6643aa699480dc63cbce8555aac946\">reviews\u003c/a> in the states where Trump challenged the outcome confirming his loss.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11303920 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/GettyImages-633702748-1180x925.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the years since, election officials in many parts of the U.S. have endured \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/election-workers-threats-2024-law-enforcement-d2702ae1e1e57c766c3df36f1a7ff763\">harassment and threats\u003c/a>, a barrage of \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-voting-georgia-presidential-florida-dfbe7f00418a35c70c9d53fa3a260111\">record requests\u003c/a> by groups skeptical of their work and \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/voting-rights-austin-texas-voting-legislature-f6bca0efd177745538e0c08aca796fb0\">legislative changes\u003c/a> pushed by state lawmakers who argue new restrictions are necessary to restore public confidence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump’s order, combined with recent decisions by his administration to \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/trump-election-security-fbi-cisa-foreign-interference-98f1e17c8a6d5923db945a27f06458e7\">pause certain cybersecurity work\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/election-security-cisa-trump-kristi-noem-6c437543f5d26d890704e5f2a8400502\">pull funding\u003c/a> for a dedicated information-sharing network for election offices, have prompted concern about the role of the federal government in elections moving forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“States run our elections, but the federal government has been an important partner in assisting election officials,” said Larry Norden, an election security expert with the Brennan Center for Justice. “To be a partner, you have to be trusted. You have to provide consistency and certainty. The last few months have utterly destroyed that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"mb-0 pb-2 ap-font-bold\">Concerns about requirement to prove US citizenship\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>One of the major changes outlined in the executive order is a requirement for people to show documentary proof of U.S. citizenship when they register to vote. That is something Republicans in Congress \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/congress-voting-migrants-citizenship-elections-republicans-8056bde9ea64b13fd20985d56a6a0fde\">pushed last year at Trump’s urging\u003c/a>, but the effort stalled amid Democratic opposition in the Senate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>House Republicans \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/voting-congress-citizenship-voter-id-republicans-88342cf09d01b0555851aa3d64c45432\">plan to try again\u003c/a> with the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, known as the SAVE Act. A House committee is scheduled to discuss the bill on Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the executive order, several Republicans who are top state election officials issued statements praising provisions that direct federal agencies to help states verify voter eligibility and citizenship. Their Democratic counterparts have been more critical.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Voting rights groups are raising concerns about the citizenship requirement. They say millions of Americans do not have easy access to their birth certificates, only about half have U.S. passports, and married women would need multiple documents if they have changed their name.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While voting by noncitizens does occur, it typically involves \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/noncitizens-voting-republicans-election-2024-immigration-09b86e6768f755fd875f3c51b0e8ea70\">a tiny fraction of ballots\u003c/a> and is more often \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/noncitizen-voting-republicans-prosecutions-2024-election-ohio-ae9dafeeb47ea8941bf82f5988b269ef\">an individual mistake\u003c/a> rather than an intentional and coordinated attempt to subvert an election. It also can lead to felony charges and deportation. Under Trump’s order, the burden would fall to election officials to implement this requirement. Experts say that would be expensive and there’s no additional federal money to help pay for it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s creating an entirely new bureaucracy in every single state for the collection of that data, for the storage of that data, and for the retrieval of that data,” said David Becker, a former Justice Department lawyer who leads the Center for Election Innovation & Research. “You don’t wave a magic wand and do that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11931540\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11931540\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/012_KQED_CityHallSFVoting_11082022.jpg\" alt=\"Voters seated at desks to vote.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/012_KQED_CityHallSFVoting_11082022.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/012_KQED_CityHallSFVoting_11082022-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/012_KQED_CityHallSFVoting_11082022-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/012_KQED_CityHallSFVoting_11082022-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/012_KQED_CityHallSFVoting_11082022-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Voters fill the City Hall Voting Center in San Francisco on Election Day, Nov. 8, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2 class=\"mb-0 pb-2 ap-font-bold\">Increasing risk of voter confusion\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Kate Sweeney Bell, who oversees elections in Indiana’s Marion County, said she does not expect major problems in her state because it has restrictive voting laws that she says have resulted in some of the lowest voter turnout in the country. She worries, though, about the rest of the U.S. and the amount of public education that will be needed to ensure voters are aware of whatever changes are made.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel for every other state that doesn’t have the prohibitive laws that Indiana does, because it’s a rough couple of election cycles when changes like this are made,” Sweeney Bell said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One challenge is the likelihood that protracted legal battles will delay clarity for both election officials and the public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If election officials are uncertain about the rules, there is no doubt that voters will not understand them — creating distrust in the process and ultimately in the validity of the outcome,” said Ryan Macias, an election security and voting systems expert.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The uncertainty comes as election officials are preparing for the 2026 elections. Dean Logan, who oversees elections in Los Angeles County, said running a successful election depends on extensive planning, a trained workforce and proper equipment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Last-minute changes or unilateral mandates significantly increase the risk of voter confusion and operational inconsistencies and can erode voter confidence,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"mb-0 pb-2 ap-font-bold\">Order could lead to changes in voting machines, without paying for it\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Trump’s order also targets voting systems in a way that could require some counties to change machines without offering additional money to help them pay for it. It directs the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, an independent and bipartisan agency created by Congress, to amend voluntary standards for voting systems to prohibit devices that use a barcode or QR code on ballots, with an exception for ones designated for voters with disabilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The order calls for the commission within 180 days to review, re-certify where appropriate and rescind “all previous certifications of voting equipment based on prior standards.” Beyond the legality of the order, experts say federal law outlines specific procedures and public comment periods for updating the standards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While there are voting systems that do not use barcodes, the process for states to replace equipment takes time, said Mark Lindeman, policy and strategy director with Verified Voting, which focuses on election technology. Election offices must get approval to spend for new voting systems, go through a procurement process, wait for manufacturers to deliver the equipment and eventually train workers on how to use it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s hard for any state to procure and obtain and test new voting systems, and if there was some mad rush for many states to replace their voting systems at once, we don’t know how many systems manufacturers could supply,” Lindeman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Associated Press writer Susan Haigh in Hartford, Connecticut, contributed to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the years since, election officials in many parts of the U.S. have endured \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/election-workers-threats-2024-law-enforcement-d2702ae1e1e57c766c3df36f1a7ff763\">harassment and threats\u003c/a>, a barrage of \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-voting-georgia-presidential-florida-dfbe7f00418a35c70c9d53fa3a260111\">record requests\u003c/a> by groups skeptical of their work and \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/voting-rights-austin-texas-voting-legislature-f6bca0efd177745538e0c08aca796fb0\">legislative changes\u003c/a> pushed by state lawmakers who argue new restrictions are necessary to restore public confidence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump’s order, combined with recent decisions by his administration to \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/trump-election-security-fbi-cisa-foreign-interference-98f1e17c8a6d5923db945a27f06458e7\">pause certain cybersecurity work\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/election-security-cisa-trump-kristi-noem-6c437543f5d26d890704e5f2a8400502\">pull funding\u003c/a> for a dedicated information-sharing network for election offices, have prompted concern about the role of the federal government in elections moving forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“States run our elections, but the federal government has been an important partner in assisting election officials,” said Larry Norden, an election security expert with the Brennan Center for Justice. “To be a partner, you have to be trusted. You have to provide consistency and certainty. The last few months have utterly destroyed that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"mb-0 pb-2 ap-font-bold\">Concerns about requirement to prove US citizenship\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>One of the major changes outlined in the executive order is a requirement for people to show documentary proof of U.S. citizenship when they register to vote. That is something Republicans in Congress \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/congress-voting-migrants-citizenship-elections-republicans-8056bde9ea64b13fd20985d56a6a0fde\">pushed last year at Trump’s urging\u003c/a>, but the effort stalled amid Democratic opposition in the Senate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>House Republicans \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/voting-congress-citizenship-voter-id-republicans-88342cf09d01b0555851aa3d64c45432\">plan to try again\u003c/a> with the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, known as the SAVE Act. A House committee is scheduled to discuss the bill on Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the executive order, several Republicans who are top state election officials issued statements praising provisions that direct federal agencies to help states verify voter eligibility and citizenship. Their Democratic counterparts have been more critical.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Voting rights groups are raising concerns about the citizenship requirement. They say millions of Americans do not have easy access to their birth certificates, only about half have U.S. passports, and married women would need multiple documents if they have changed their name.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While voting by noncitizens does occur, it typically involves \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/noncitizens-voting-republicans-election-2024-immigration-09b86e6768f755fd875f3c51b0e8ea70\">a tiny fraction of ballots\u003c/a> and is more often \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/noncitizen-voting-republicans-prosecutions-2024-election-ohio-ae9dafeeb47ea8941bf82f5988b269ef\">an individual mistake\u003c/a> rather than an intentional and coordinated attempt to subvert an election. It also can lead to felony charges and deportation. Under Trump’s order, the burden would fall to election officials to implement this requirement. Experts say that would be expensive and there’s no additional federal money to help pay for it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s creating an entirely new bureaucracy in every single state for the collection of that data, for the storage of that data, and for the retrieval of that data,” said David Becker, a former Justice Department lawyer who leads the Center for Election Innovation & Research. “You don’t wave a magic wand and do that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11931540\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11931540\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/012_KQED_CityHallSFVoting_11082022.jpg\" alt=\"Voters seated at desks to vote.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/012_KQED_CityHallSFVoting_11082022.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/012_KQED_CityHallSFVoting_11082022-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/012_KQED_CityHallSFVoting_11082022-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/012_KQED_CityHallSFVoting_11082022-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/012_KQED_CityHallSFVoting_11082022-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Voters fill the City Hall Voting Center in San Francisco on Election Day, Nov. 8, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2 class=\"mb-0 pb-2 ap-font-bold\">Increasing risk of voter confusion\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Kate Sweeney Bell, who oversees elections in Indiana’s Marion County, said she does not expect major problems in her state because it has restrictive voting laws that she says have resulted in some of the lowest voter turnout in the country. She worries, though, about the rest of the U.S. and the amount of public education that will be needed to ensure voters are aware of whatever changes are made.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel for every other state that doesn’t have the prohibitive laws that Indiana does, because it’s a rough couple of election cycles when changes like this are made,” Sweeney Bell said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One challenge is the likelihood that protracted legal battles will delay clarity for both election officials and the public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If election officials are uncertain about the rules, there is no doubt that voters will not understand them — creating distrust in the process and ultimately in the validity of the outcome,” said Ryan Macias, an election security and voting systems expert.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The uncertainty comes as election officials are preparing for the 2026 elections. Dean Logan, who oversees elections in Los Angeles County, said running a successful election depends on extensive planning, a trained workforce and proper equipment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Last-minute changes or unilateral mandates significantly increase the risk of voter confusion and operational inconsistencies and can erode voter confidence,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"mb-0 pb-2 ap-font-bold\">Order could lead to changes in voting machines, without paying for it\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Trump’s order also targets voting systems in a way that could require some counties to change machines without offering additional money to help them pay for it. It directs the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, an independent and bipartisan agency created by Congress, to amend voluntary standards for voting systems to prohibit devices that use a barcode or QR code on ballots, with an exception for ones designated for voters with disabilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The order calls for the commission within 180 days to review, re-certify where appropriate and rescind “all previous certifications of voting equipment based on prior standards.” Beyond the legality of the order, experts say federal law outlines specific procedures and public comment periods for updating the standards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While there are voting systems that do not use barcodes, the process for states to replace equipment takes time, said Mark Lindeman, policy and strategy director with Verified Voting, which focuses on election technology. 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The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12030313/uc-berkeley-scientists-protest-trump-administrations-cuts-to-research-funding\">preliminary injunction was extended\u003c/a> earlier this month after Rhode Island U.S. District Court Judge John McConnell declared the cuts unsupported by any constitutional authority.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12027568\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12027568\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250218-SFDowntown-20-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250218-SFDowntown-20-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250218-SFDowntown-20-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250218-SFDowntown-20-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250218-SFDowntown-20-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250218-SFDowntown-20-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250218-SFDowntown-20-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sen. 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Wiener said cuts, including those to research that touches on diversity, equity and inclusion, would be a major setback for scientific development.[aside postID=news_12032892 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250310-TRUMP-SF-MD-02-KQED-1020x680.jpg']“In California, we should be supporting scientific research around diverse communities,” said Wiener, who is widely thought to be a contender for Sen. Nancy Pelosi’s House seat in the midterms. “But to be clear, what Trump and Musk are doing is way broader than that. They’re upending all scientific research, DEI and otherwise, and so we need to do what we can to enhance our science research capacity here in California.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Institute of Scientific Research would fill the void caused by federal funding cuts, Wiener said. The agency would support state institutions and researchers conducting studies in areas including, but not limited to, biomedicine, climate, coastal and marine ecosystems and disease prevention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill would also direct CalRX, a state program that produces and distributes prescription drugs such as generic insulin, to partner with other agencies to improve vaccine accessibility for Californians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s local public health departments are already reckoning with a measles outbreak, with over \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12033049/san-mateo-county-measles-case-highlights-risk-for-unvaccinated-expert-sayshttps:/www.kqed.org/news/12033049/san-mateo-county-measles-case-highlights-risk-for-unvaccinated-expert-says\">300 confirmed measles cases\u003c/a> this year. Many experts are attributing the rise in infections to lower vaccination rates in school-age children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kennedy and other health officials have already begun proposing alternatives to traditional vaccinations when it comes to dealing with diseases such as measles. While Kennedy has said the measles vaccine is effective at protecting children from the disease, he also suggested in an op-ed for Fox News that improved nutrition and vitamin intake is the “best defense” against infectious illnesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12033385\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12033385\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/GettyImages-1231697879_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/GettyImages-1231697879_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/GettyImages-1231697879_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/GettyImages-1231697879_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/GettyImages-1231697879_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/GettyImages-1231697879_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/GettyImages-1231697879_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A syringe is filled with a dose of the Johnson & Johnson Janssen COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination site inside Reuther Hall at Forty Acres on March 13, 2021, in Delano, California. \u003ccite>(Patrick T. 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If Trump is successful in pushing forth sweeping cuts to critical state programs such as MediCaid, California could face a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12032878/gop-cuts-to-medicaid-snap-would-shrink-californias-economy-by-17-billion-and-kill-nearly-140000-jobs-new-study-finds\">severe budget deficit\u003c/a>, Wiener said, adding that state leaders are looking for ways to prepare for the worst.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Scientific research is a crucial pillar of California’s economy and of our success, and we should never lose sight of that,” he said. “We’re all nervous. We are all scared…It’s paralyzing the level of harm that [the Trump administration] is doing. We need to all take a deep breath and focus on what we as individuals or as leaders can do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/skennedy\">\u003cem>Samantha Kennedy\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“In California, we should be supporting scientific research around diverse communities,” said Wiener, who is widely thought to be a contender for Sen. Nancy Pelosi’s House seat in the midterms. “But to be clear, what Trump and Musk are doing is way broader than that. They’re upending all scientific research, DEI and otherwise, and so we need to do what we can to enhance our science research capacity here in California.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Institute of Scientific Research would fill the void caused by federal funding cuts, Wiener said. The agency would support state institutions and researchers conducting studies in areas including, but not limited to, biomedicine, climate, coastal and marine ecosystems and disease prevention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill would also direct CalRX, a state program that produces and distributes prescription drugs such as generic insulin, to partner with other agencies to improve vaccine accessibility for Californians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s local public health departments are already reckoning with a measles outbreak, with over \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12033049/san-mateo-county-measles-case-highlights-risk-for-unvaccinated-expert-sayshttps:/www.kqed.org/news/12033049/san-mateo-county-measles-case-highlights-risk-for-unvaccinated-expert-says\">300 confirmed measles cases\u003c/a> this year. Many experts are attributing the rise in infections to lower vaccination rates in school-age children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kennedy and other health officials have already begun proposing alternatives to traditional vaccinations when it comes to dealing with diseases such as measles. While Kennedy has said the measles vaccine is effective at protecting children from the disease, he also suggested in an op-ed for Fox News that improved nutrition and vitamin intake is the “best defense” against infectious illnesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12033385\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12033385\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/GettyImages-1231697879_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/GettyImages-1231697879_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/GettyImages-1231697879_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/GettyImages-1231697879_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/GettyImages-1231697879_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/GettyImages-1231697879_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/GettyImages-1231697879_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A syringe is filled with a dose of the Johnson & Johnson Janssen COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination site inside Reuther Hall at Forty Acres on March 13, 2021, in Delano, California. \u003ccite>(Patrick T. 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If Trump is successful in pushing forth sweeping cuts to critical state programs such as MediCaid, California could face a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12032878/gop-cuts-to-medicaid-snap-would-shrink-californias-economy-by-17-billion-and-kill-nearly-140000-jobs-new-study-finds\">severe budget deficit\u003c/a>, Wiener said, adding that state leaders are looking for ways to prepare for the worst.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Scientific research is a crucial pillar of California’s economy and of our success, and we should never lose sight of that,” he said. “We’re all nervous. We are all scared…It’s paralyzing the level of harm that [the Trump administration] is doing. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>[This column was reported for Political Breakdown, a newsletter offering analysis on Bay Area and California political news. \u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/newsletters/political-breakdown\">Click here to subscribe\u003c/a>.]\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Is this a Tea Party moment for Democrats?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back in early 2017, in the months after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/donald-trump\">President Donald Trump’s\u003c/a> first inauguration, I was working as a weekend reporter, which meant many Saturday and Sunday mornings, I was assigned to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11323084/bay-area-democrats-draw-hundreds-to-health-care-town-halls\">cover town halls\u003c/a> held by local members of Congress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Trump pushed to ban travel from certain Muslim-majority countries and repeal the Affordable Care Act, these often sleepy meetings were turbo-charged. Hundreds of people packed gymnasiums from Vallejo to Fremont to vent their frustrations about Trump and begin the organizing that would help Democrats take back the House, Senate and White House over the next four years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, Democrats are back in the same place: locked out of power in Washington.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12032718/frustrated-democrats-push-wartime-leaders-bakersfield-town-hall\">the vibe at the town hall\u003c/a> I attended last weekend in Bakersfield felt different from eight years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To be sure, Democrats showed up in Bakersfield to voice their outrage at the attempted dismantling of government programs by Trump and Elon Musk and the future cuts promised in the House Republican budget plan. However, many wanted to register their frustration with the leadership of the Democratic Party.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When is the Democratic Party going to set aside its peacetime leaders and bring up some wartime leaders?” Darren Bly asked Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Fremont). “Because that’s what we need.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12032695\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12032695\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-13-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-13-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-13-KQED-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-13-KQED-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-13-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-13-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-13-KQED-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dawna Sodders-Simpson holds a sign at a town hall with Rep. 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Now, just 32% do, according to the results of the NBC poll.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I see all of this going on and all of these areas are just being cut and have been neglected,” Ayla Ozturk, a Visalia resident and student at the College of the Sequoias, told me. “It makes me very angry to see all of that and also to not really see anyone doing anything about it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Khanna is a longtime ally of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, so the crowd indexed more toward the progressive wing of the party. However, the frustration was palpable, particularly toward New York Sen. Chuck Schumer, who joined with eight other Democrats to support a Republican funding bill that prevented a government shutdown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I really want to see the younger people in the party kind of rise to the leadership positions,” Ozturk said. “And people just want to see the Democratic Party do something, do things that are actually going to benefit people. 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Let’s fight.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And Khanna told \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/23/politics/video/sotu-khanna-says-voters-fed-up-with-the-old-guard\">CNN’s \u003cem>State of the Union\u003c/em>\u003c/a> that while there’s anger amidst the party’s base, “there’s also aspiration.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Are there going to be challenges [to incumbents] across the country? Absolutely. Is it going to be a Tea Party? No, because the Tea Party wanted to basically destroy the government, tear down the government,” Khanna said. “We want to build things like Medicare for all, like a living wage. So you’re going to see a new generation come in with a compelling economic message.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A key piece of that message is opposition to the cuts Republicans are pursuing to Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. 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The team, which is steered by billionaire Elon Musk, says it’s scouring government records for signs of waste, fraud and abuse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bobba is also one of many DOGE employees who, according to several federal judges, were inappropriately given that access in violation of privacy laws and without proper training to handle the personally identifiable information the agencies collect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In one order last week \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25868348-afscme-v-ssa-memorandum-order/\">blocking DOGE’s access to Social Security data\u003c/a>, U.S. District Judge Ellen Lipton Hollander of Maryland said the government “\u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25868348-afscme-v-ssa-memorandum-order/#document/p135\">never identified or articulated even a single reason for which the DOGE Team needs unlimited access to SSA’s entire record systems, thereby exposing personal, confidential, sensitive, and private information that millions of Americans entrusted to their government\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead of a more narrow approach to data access and work to “modernize the system and uncover fraud,” Hollander wrote that DOGE’s unprecedented access to protected data “is tantamount to hitting a fly with a sledgehammer.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25868348-afscme-v-ssa-memorandum-order/?mode=document#document/p136/a2629336\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12033143\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/IMAGE1-1-scaled-e1743018030466.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1673\" height=\"482\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/IMAGE1-1-scaled-e1743018030466.jpg 1673w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/IMAGE1-1-scaled-e1743018030466-800x230.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/IMAGE1-1-scaled-e1743018030466-1020x294.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/IMAGE1-1-scaled-e1743018030466-160x46.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/IMAGE1-1-scaled-e1743018030466-1536x443.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1673px) 100vw, 1673px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An NPR review of thousands of pages of records across more than a dozen lawsuits in federal court finds an alarming pattern across agencies, where DOGE has given conflicting information about what data it has accessed, who has that access, and most importantly — why.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘No need to know’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>When President Trump signed an order creating the DOGE initiative, it directed agencies to create dedicated teams that would have “full and prompt access to all unclassified agency records, software systems, and IT systems” that would also “adhere to rigorous data protection standards.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Numerous court filings and affidavits paint a picture of agencies rushing to give DOGE access without accompanying rigor of protecting data or documenting the scope of its work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Monday, a federal judge in Maryland temporarily halted DOGE from accessing data of millions of union members in a lawsuit against the Office of Personnel Management, the Treasury Department and Education Department after finding the agencies shared private information with DOGE affiliates “\u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25868347-aft-v-bessent-memorandum-opinion/#document/p51/a2629335\">who had no need to know the vast amount of sensitive personal information to which they were granted access\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No matter how important or urgent the President’s DOGE agenda may be, federal agencies must execute it in accordance with the law,” Judge Deborah L. Boardman wrote. “That likely did not happen in this case.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25868347-aft-v-bessent-memorandum-opinion/?mode=document#document/p68/a2629333\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12033144\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/IMAGE2-1-scaled-e1743018116397.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1668\" height=\"1242\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/IMAGE2-1-scaled-e1743018116397.jpg 1668w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/IMAGE2-1-scaled-e1743018116397-800x596.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/IMAGE2-1-scaled-e1743018116397-1020x759.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/IMAGE2-1-scaled-e1743018116397-160x119.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/IMAGE2-1-scaled-e1743018116397-1536x1144.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1668px) 100vw, 1668px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Social Security Administration lawsuit, Hollander found several DOGE staffers “\u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25868348-afscme-v-ssa-memorandum-order/#document/p70/a2629340\">were granted access to SSA systems before their background checks were completed or their inter-agency detail agreements were finalized\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of those is Bobba, who was given access to the master data warehouse at SSA that includes the Master Beneficiary Record, Supplemental Security Record and Numident files containing “\u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25868348-afscme-v-ssa-memorandum-order/#document/p33/a2629341\">extensive information about anyone with a social security number\u003c/a>,” according to filings in the case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to a memorandum of understanding detailing Bobba’s work with SSA, the Office of Personnel Management and Education Department that was \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25868464-opm-admin-record/#document/p17\">improperly redacted\u003c/a> by OPM, Bobba agreed to do any work on Social Security data from the agency headquarters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25868464-opm-admin-record/?mode=document#document/p17/a2629347\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12033145\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/IMAGE3-scaled-e1743018197838.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1067\" height=\"1420\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/IMAGE3-scaled-e1743018197838.jpg 1067w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/IMAGE3-scaled-e1743018197838-800x1065.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/IMAGE3-scaled-e1743018197838-1020x1357.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/IMAGE3-scaled-e1743018197838-160x213.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1067px) 100vw, 1067px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But an affidavit from former SSA chief of staff Tiffany Flick said that Bobba was working off-site from OPM where other people “may have also had access to this protected information,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25868348-afscme-v-ssa-memorandum-order/#document/p32/a2629339\">Flick wrote\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not even lawyers for the government can account for when and how DOGE staffers received access to sensitive databases. In a Labor Department lawsuit, Judge John D. Bates notes that “\u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25868345-aflcio-v-labor-memorandum-opinion/#document/p14/a2629325\">defendants themselves acknowledge inconsistencies across their evidence\u003c/a>” regarding DOGE.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marko Elez, a DOGE employee who \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/02/06/nx-s1-5289337/elon-musk-doge-treasury\">resigned from his post\u003c/a> at the Treasury Department in early February after racist social media posts resurfaced, “sent an email with a spreadsheet containing PII to two United States General Services Administration officials,” according to an \u003ca href=\"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.636609/gov.uscourts.nysd.636609.116.1.pdf\">audit (PDF)\u003c/a> of his email account submitted in one court filing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Government lawyers said Elez was “erroneously” and “mistakenly” given the ability to change data on Treasury’s Secure Payment System, which a \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25868443-nyt-v-treasury-order/\">judge said\u003c/a> demonstrates DOGE access was “\u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25868443-nyt-v-treasury-order/#document/p28/a2629338\">rushed and undertaken by political pressure\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a ruling blocking DOGE access to Treasury systems, Judge Jeannette Vargas \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25868443-nyt-v-treasury-order/\">warned\u003c/a> that “a real possibility exists that sensitive information has already been shared outside of the Treasury Department, in potential violation of federal law.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25868443-nyt-v-treasury-order/?mode=document#document/p46/a2629337\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12033146\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/IMAGE4-scaled-e1743018254681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1590\" height=\"1045\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/IMAGE4-scaled-e1743018254681.jpg 1590w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/IMAGE4-scaled-e1743018254681-800x526.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/IMAGE4-scaled-e1743018254681-1020x670.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/IMAGE4-scaled-e1743018254681-160x105.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/IMAGE4-scaled-e1743018254681-1536x1010.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1590px) 100vw, 1590px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Congress warned against this — a half-century ago\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>When Congress passed the Privacy Act of 1974, lawmakers expressed concerns about personal information amassed in digital databases by the “omnivorous fact collectors” of federal agencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the debate about the bill, Arizona Republican Sen. Barry Goldwater was worried about the possibility “that every detail of our personal lives can be assembled instantly for use by a single bureaucrat or institution.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12033066 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/paypal-mafia_web-img-1020x574.png']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I hope that we never see the day when a bureaucrat in Washington or Chicago or Los Angeles can use his organization’s computer facilities to assemble a complete dossier or all known information about an individual,” Republican Sen. Charles Percy said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fifty years later, the Department of Government Efficiency effort headed by Musk appears to be doing just that, bypassing the Privacy Act, agency security protocols and training for handling the most sensitive data maintained by federal agencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The White House did not respond to questions about DOGE following privacy laws, or whether Americans should be concerned about the level of DOGE’s access.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The federal government maintains a large amount of sensitive data, from health records of veterans and Medicare recipients to troves of information about companies being investigated by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the National Labor Relations Board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rapid insertion of DOGE employees into the system is raising alarm bells for privacy and security advocates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The government has also repeatedly failed to articulate a clear purpose for the unprecedented access it seeks to deeply sensitive information, and why the data it wants access to is necessary for that purpose,” said Kristin Woelfel, a lawyer with the nonprofit Center for Democracy and Technology. “If the government cannot answer those questions, then DOGE has no business accessing that data.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Part of what is unnerving and is scary both to companies whose data is involved and also Americans whose most sensitive financial information is at risk, is that we don’t know what they’re doing,” former CFPB chief technologist Erie Meyer \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/03/11/nx-s1-5305054/doge-elon-musk-security-data-information-privacy\">previously told NPR\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anne Weismann, a George Washington University Law School professor who focuses on government accountability and transparency, said DOGE and its employees have control over a “staggering” amount of data about Americans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s so ironic because Trump supporters are so worried about ‘Big Brother’ and government, and they are allowing this entity to amass that data,” Weismann said. “I mean, I don’t think there’s another entity in the federal government that collectively has access to that kind of data.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Weismann is also outside counsel for the nonprofit Project On Government Oversight, which is suing DOGE over access to records about how it operates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, Trump signed an \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/stopping-waste-fraud-and-abuse-by-eliminating-information-silos/\">executive action\u003c/a> that appears to continue to push agencies toward “eliminating information silos” and sharing more sensitive data across federal agencies, including ensuring that the government has “unfettered access to all unemployment data and related payment records.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It encourages federal agency leaders to find ways to rescind existing regulations and guidance about information sharing within and between agencies — with no mention of privacy or data security.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Have information you want to share about DOGE access to government databases and IT systems? Reach out to these authors through encrypted communication on Signal. \u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/people/1219684807/stephen-fowler\">\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Stephen Fowler\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>\u003cem> is at stphnfwlr.25, \u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/people/1038324514/jenna-mclaughlin\">\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Jenna McLaughlin\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>\u003cem> is at JennaMcLaughlin.54\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003c!-- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ -->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was originally published by \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/\">CalMatters\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/subscribe-to-calmatters/\">Sign up\u003c/a> for their newsletters.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For more than a century, Congress has given extra money to counties with large tracts of federal land to help pay for schools, roads and other critical services. Now that financial lifeline appears to be dead after Congress didn’t include it in the budget passed this month — a victim of the Trump administration’s cost-cutting measures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/356/text\">Secure Rural Schools Act\u003c/a> would have brought in at least $33 million to California counties that have land owned by the federal government, such as the U.S. Forest Service. The money is intended to compensate counties for tax revenue they can’t collect on federally-owned land.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This loss (is) nothing short of catastrophic,” Liam Gogan, head of the Trinity County Board of Supervisors, wrote to Congress. “This is not just a funding shortfall; it is an existential crisis. Our schools will suffer irreversible damage, emergency response will be paralyzed, and our economy — already fragile — will be pushed past the point of recovery.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California counties from Imperial to Del Norte use Secure Rural Schools funds for schools and roads, but some money also goes toward emergency services, wildfire safety and other needs. Last year the nationwide total was $253 million, barely a blip in the overall federal budget, but a crucial funding source for rural communities that have limited options for raising revenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a nonpartisan issue — we thought it would be a slam-dunk,” said Patricia Gunderson, superintendent of schools for Lassen County. “But it wasn’t a priority for Congress. It’s budget dust, a pebble in the big picture, and it just wasn’t on their radar.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=forum_2010101909180 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/43/2025/03/GettyImages-2203640514-1-1020x574.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the fall, Secure Rural Schools passed unanimously in the Senate but never received a hearing in the House and was \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/k-12-education/2025/01/rural-schools-2/\">not included in the temporary budget\u003c/a> passed in December. Advocates tried again in February, with a new bill they hoped would make it into the most recent budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the bill wasn’t included and isn’t likely to pass on its own, as Congress seeks to shrink federal spending amid President Donald Trump’s orders to reduce government bureaucracy. Rep. Doug LaMalfa, a Republican who co-sponsored the bill, is “pursuing every avenue” to get it passed, his staff said. Many of the counties in LaMalfa’s district voted for Trump, but school officials have said they view Secure Rural Schools as a nonpartisan issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates are also holding out hope, however slim.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ll keep pushing, but the time for Congress to do what’s right for rural schools was yesterday,” said Tara Thomas, government affairs manager for the School Superintendents Association, a nationwide professional advocacy group. “It’s such a miniscule program, but it’s a lifeline for districts that rely on this funding.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Layoffs and cutbacks\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Counties’ funding varies depending on how much U.S. Forest Service acreage they have. Siskiyou County, for example, got $4.3 million in 2023. Trinity got $3.5 million. Los Angeles County, home to the Angeles National Forest, got $1.4 million. Counties typically give half the money to schools and half to public works.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In many school districts, the loss of funding will mean staff layoffs, cuts to after-school programs, fewer field trips, delayed building repairs and other adjustments. On the public works side, road repairs will take longer and residents will have less assistance making their homes safe from wildfires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Trinity County, the cuts mean that the county will have fewer crews to repair its 620 miles of roads — 120 of which are gravel. In the rugged, remote mountains west of Mt. Shasta, this will affect residents’ ability to get to work and school, and emergency crews’ ability to reach many parts of the 3,200-square-mile county, said Panos Kokkas, the county’s transportation director.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12033040\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1540px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12033040\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/032425-Trinity-County-Rural-Road-CM-copy-e1742943734589.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1540\" height=\"1066\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/032425-Trinity-County-Rural-Road-CM-copy-e1742943734589.jpg 1540w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/032425-Trinity-County-Rural-Road-CM-copy-e1742943734589-800x554.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/032425-Trinity-County-Rural-Road-CM-copy-e1742943734589-1020x706.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/032425-Trinity-County-Rural-Road-CM-copy-e1742943734589-160x111.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/032425-Trinity-County-Rural-Road-CM-copy-e1742943734589-1536x1063.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1540px) 100vw, 1540px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A rural road with debris blocking the road in Trinity County. \u003ccite>(County of Trinity Department of Transportation)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many of the roads are already in bad shape due to storms, mudslides, wildfires and erosion, he said. In the heavily forested region, it’s not uncommon for fallen trees to block roads or for whole sections of road to wash away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People potentially could get stranded, or fire and emergency crews won’t be able to get through,” Kokkas said. “It could be a very unsafe situation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In counties that are already beset by poverty and high unemployment, the cuts may have a ripple effect, especially in light of the Trump administration’s other cuts, said Siskiyou County Supervisor Ed Valenzuela. \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/travel/trump-cuts-national-parks-summer-travel.html\">Reductions at the U.S. Forest Service,\u003c/a> for example, will mean fewer seasonal employees patronizing local businesses and fewer people to maintain Forest Service amenities — a major tourist draw in the summer, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Siskiyou and other rural counties have limited options for raising the money elsewhere. Rural school districts are rarely able to pass bonds because voters tend to be more fiscally conservative, retired or low-income. Bonds that do pass don’t raise much money because property values are lower overall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not like we have the money sitting there in another pot,” Valenzuela said. “When we talk about making cuts … there’s nowhere to cut.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Alpine County, where 96% of the land is owned by the state and federal government and there’s only 1,100 residents, Secure Rural Schools provides about 20% of the road repair budget and a significant portion of the school funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The longer you let the roads go, the worse they get,” said Nichole Williamson, county administrative officer. “Our roads already aren’t in the best condition. We always worry about losing Secure Rural Schools, but still, I was surprised it didn’t pass.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The last Secure Rural Schools payments to counties will be in April.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This article was \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/k-12-education/2025/03/rural-counties/\">originally published on CalMatters\u003c/a> and was republished under the \u003ca href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives\u003c/a> license.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the fall, Secure Rural Schools passed unanimously in the Senate but never received a hearing in the House and was \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/k-12-education/2025/01/rural-schools-2/\">not included in the temporary budget\u003c/a> passed in December. Advocates tried again in February, with a new bill they hoped would make it into the most recent budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the bill wasn’t included and isn’t likely to pass on its own, as Congress seeks to shrink federal spending amid President Donald Trump’s orders to reduce government bureaucracy. Rep. Doug LaMalfa, a Republican who co-sponsored the bill, is “pursuing every avenue” to get it passed, his staff said. Many of the counties in LaMalfa’s district voted for Trump, but school officials have said they view Secure Rural Schools as a nonpartisan issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates are also holding out hope, however slim.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ll keep pushing, but the time for Congress to do what’s right for rural schools was yesterday,” said Tara Thomas, government affairs manager for the School Superintendents Association, a nationwide professional advocacy group. “It’s such a miniscule program, but it’s a lifeline for districts that rely on this funding.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Layoffs and cutbacks\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Counties’ funding varies depending on how much U.S. Forest Service acreage they have. Siskiyou County, for example, got $4.3 million in 2023. Trinity got $3.5 million. Los Angeles County, home to the Angeles National Forest, got $1.4 million. Counties typically give half the money to schools and half to public works.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In many school districts, the loss of funding will mean staff layoffs, cuts to after-school programs, fewer field trips, delayed building repairs and other adjustments. On the public works side, road repairs will take longer and residents will have less assistance making their homes safe from wildfires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Trinity County, the cuts mean that the county will have fewer crews to repair its 620 miles of roads — 120 of which are gravel. In the rugged, remote mountains west of Mt. 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In the heavily forested region, it’s not uncommon for fallen trees to block roads or for whole sections of road to wash away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People potentially could get stranded, or fire and emergency crews won’t be able to get through,” Kokkas said. “It could be a very unsafe situation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In counties that are already beset by poverty and high unemployment, the cuts may have a ripple effect, especially in light of the Trump administration’s other cuts, said Siskiyou County Supervisor Ed Valenzuela. \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/travel/trump-cuts-national-parks-summer-travel.html\">Reductions at the U.S. Forest Service,\u003c/a> for example, will mean fewer seasonal employees patronizing local businesses and fewer people to maintain Forest Service amenities — a major tourist draw in the summer, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Siskiyou and other rural counties have limited options for raising the money elsewhere. Rural school districts are rarely able to pass bonds because voters tend to be more fiscally conservative, retired or low-income. Bonds that do pass don’t raise much money because property values are lower overall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not like we have the money sitting there in another pot,” Valenzuela said. “When we talk about making cuts … there’s nowhere to cut.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Alpine County, where 96% of the land is owned by the state and federal government and there’s only 1,100 residents, Secure Rural Schools provides about 20% of the road repair budget and a significant portion of the school funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The longer you let the roads go, the worse they get,” said Nichole Williamson, county administrative officer. “Our roads already aren’t in the best condition. We always worry about losing Secure Rural Schools, but still, I was surprised it didn’t pass.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The last Secure Rural Schools payments to counties will be in April.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This article was \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/k-12-education/2025/03/rural-counties/\">originally published on CalMatters\u003c/a> and was republished under the \u003ca href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives\u003c/a> license.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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