Press Releases
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2024
- Dr. James Sarruda Honored for Contributions to Impact Aid (3/22/24)
- NAFIS Welcomes New Board Member: Lackland ISD Superintendent Dr. Burnie Roper Elected to NAFIS Board of Directors (3/20/24)
- More Than 1,100 School Districts Across the U.S. Benefit from Federal Impact Aid (2/22/24)
2023
- NAFIS Mourns Passing of Senator Dianne Feinstein (9/29/23)
- NAFIS Recognizes Longtime Congressional Supporters as “Golden Champions”
- NAFIS Welcomes New Board Member: Liberty County School System (GA) CFO Stephanie Clark Appointed to NAFIS Board of Directors (8/8/23)
- NAFIS Elects New Board Members
- Fort Leavenworth USD 207 (KS) Superintendent Keith Mispagel Elected President of NAFIS Board (3/20/23)
- Chinle (AZ) Superintendent Quincy Natay Elected Vice President of NAFIS Board (3/27/23)
- Kittatinny (NJ) Superintendent Craig Hutcheson Elected Secretary of NAFIS Board (3/21/23)
- Camden County Schools (GA) Superintendent John Tucker Elected to NAFIS Board of Directors (3/20/23)
- Rocky Boy (MT) Superintendent Voyd St. Pierre Elected to NAFIS Board of Directors (3/23/23)
- San Carlos (AZ) Superintendent Deborah Jackson-Dennison Elected to NAFIS Board of Directors (3/27/23)
- Briggs (OK) Superintendent Stephen Haynes Elected to NAFIS Board of Directors (3/28/23)
2022
- NAFIS Honors FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel (9/26/22)
- Jeff Limore Honored for Contributions to Impact Aid (9/22/22)
- NAFIS Board Announces New Executive Director (4/6/22)
- NAFIS Disappointed in President’s FY23 Education Budget Request (3/30/22)
- Fern Lapidus Honored for Contributions to Impact Aid (3/24/22)
- Fallbrook Union Elementary Retired Associate Superintendent Ray Proctor Honored for Contributions to Impact Aid (3/24/22)
- NAFIS Mourns Passing of Representative Don Young (3/21/22)
- NAFIS Engages Bernstein Strategy Group on Government Relations (2/8/22)
- NAFIS Board Names John Forkenbrock Interim Executive Director (1/26/22)
2021
- NAFIS Mourns Loss of Executive Director Hilary Goldmann (11/19/21)
- NAFIS Supports the Advancing Toward Impact Aid Full Funding Act (9/15/21)
- NAFIS Supports School Infrastructure Investments in House Build Back Better Act (9/13/21)
- NAFIS Supports President’s FY22 Education Budget Request (5/28/21)
- NAFIS Supports Bicameral Legislation Investing in School Infrastructure (3/25/21)
- NAFIS Elects New Board Members
- Burr Ridge CCSD 180 (IL) Superintendent Tom Schneider Elected President of NAFIS Board of Directors (3/22/21)
- Fort Leavenworth Unified School District #207 (KS) Superintendent Keith Mispagel Elected Vice President of NAFIS Board of Directors (4/7/21)
- Rocky Boy School District 87 (MT) Superintendent Voyd St. Pierre Elected to NAFIS Board of Directors (3/24/21)
- Menominee Indian School District (WI) Superintendent Wendell Waukau Elected to NAFIS Board of Directors (3/25/21)
- Dahlonegah Public Schools (OK) Superintendent Jeff Limore Elected to NAFIS Board of Directors (4/7/21)
- North Hanover Township Schools (NJ) Superintendent Helen Payne Elected to NAFIS Board of Directors (4/27/21)
- Northern Burlington County Regional School District (NJ) Superintendent Jim Sarruda Elected to NAFIS Board of Directors (4/27/21)
- Todd County Schools’ (SD) Chad Blotsky Recognized for NAFIS Leadership (4/15/21)
2020
- Over 1,100 School Districts and 9 Million Students Benefit from Impact Aid (9/10/20)
- NAFIS Welcomes New Board Members
- NAFIS Responds to DeVos Comments on Impact Aid Federal Property (3/6/20)
- NAFIS Opposes President’s FY21 Education Budget Request (2/10/20)
2019
- Over 1,200 School Districts and 10 Million Students Benefit from Impact Aid (11/12/19)
- Arizona Tops Nation in Impact Aid Payments (11/12/19)
- California School Districts Receive More Federal Property Funding Than Any Other State (11/12/19)
- More Oklahoma School Districts Receive Impact Aid Than Any Other State (11/12/19)\
- Texas School Districts Receive More Than $107 Million in Impact Aid (11/12/19)
- South Dakota School Districts Receive More Than $72 Million in Impact Aid (11/13/19)
- Sierra Sands School Board Member Amy Castillo-Covert Honored for Contributions to Impact Aid (9/26/19)
- Silver Valley School Board President Karen Gray Honored for Contributions to Impact Aid (9/26/19)
- Dr. Sandra Doebert Honored for Contributions to Impact Aid (9/25/19)
- Bipartisan Legislation Invests in School Infrastructure (7/10/19)
- NAFIS Applauds Investment in Impact Aid (5/9/19)
- NAFIS Elects New Board Members
- Todd County Finance Director Chad Blotsky Elected President of NAFIS Board of Directors (3/25/19)
- Burr Ridge CCSD 180 Superintendent Tom Schneider Elected Vice President of NAFIS Board of Directors (3/26/19)
- Fort Leavenworth Superintendent Keith Mispagel Elected Secretary of NAFIS Board of Directors (3/25/19)
- North Hanover Township Schools (NJ) Superintendent Helen Payne Elected to NAFIS Board of Directors (5/7/19)
- Menominee Indian School District (WI) Superintendent Wendell Waukau Elected to NAFIS Board of Directors (3/25/19)
- Douglas School District (SD) Business Manager Trista Hedderman Elected to NAFIS Board of Directors (3/25/19)
- Dahlonegah Public Schools (OK) Superintendent Jeff Limore Elected to NAFIS Board of Directors (4/3/19)
- Kittatinny Regional School District Superintendent Craig Hutcheson Elected to NAFIS Board of Directors (3/26/19)
- Rocky Boy School District 87 (MT) Superintendent Voyd St. Pierre Elected to NAFIS Board of Directors (3/25/19)
- Browning Public Schools (MT) Board Member Brian Gallup Elected to NAFIS Board of Directors (3/27/19)
- Northern Burlington County Regional School District (NJ) Superintendent Jim Sarruda Recognized for NAFIS Leadership (5/7/19)
- NAFIS Opposes Elimination of Impact Aid Federal Property Program, Cuts to U.S. Department of Education (3/12/19)
- More Than 10 Million Students Across the Nation Benefit From Impact Aid (2/27/19)
- NAFIS Welcomes Leslie Finnan as Director of Policy & Advocacy (1/7/19)
2018
- NAFIS Recognizes Congressional Champions of Impact Aid
- Congressman Tom Cole Honored for Support of Impact Aid (9/26/18)
- Congressman Joe Courtney Honored for Support of Impact Aid (9/26/18)
- Congresswoman Susan Davis Honored for Support of Impact Aid (9/27/18)
- Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy Honored for Support of Impact Aid (9/27/18)
- Congresswoman Kristi Noem Honored for Support of Impact Aid (9/26/18)
- Congresswoman Elise Stefanik Honored for Support of Impact Aid (9/25/18)
- NAFIS Supports Legislation to Invest in School Infrastructure (9/19/18)
- Military Families and School Superintendents Sound the Alarm on Harmful Consequences of Impact Aid Vouchers (4/19/18)
- Statement from NAFIS Executive Director Hilary Goldmann on the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (3/23/18)
- Organizations Representing Military Families, Native American Students and Public Schools Oppose Bills to Repurpose Impact Aid as Education Savings Accounts (3/8/18)
- President’s Original Budget Request Cuts Impact Aid by $594 Million; Shifts Taxpayer Dollars to Private Schools (2/13/18)
2017
- Military Service Organizations Support Impact Aid (12/13/17)
- NAFIS Responds to Impact Aid Privatization Report (10/16/17)
- New Survey Finds More Than $4.2 Billion in Pressing Construction Needs at Federally Impacted School Districts (8/28/17)
- Heritage Proposal Would Decimate Impact Aid (6/5/17)
- NAFIS Opposes Attempts to Make Impact Aid an Education Savings Account (5/31/17)
- NAFIS Opposes Education Budget: Calls on Congress to Reject Cut to Impact Aid (5/23/17)
- NAFIS, MISA Take Issue with Secretary’s Remarks on Vouchers for Military Families; Oppose CHOICE Act (4/3/17)
- NAFIS Opposes President’s Education Budget: Calls on Congress to Invest in Impact Aid (3/16/17)
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