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The College Park City Council voted to revise the city’s School-Based Grant Program for fiscal year 2027 on Tuesday, modifying the application categories and criteria while keeping existing school boundary eligibility requirements. Currently, only the 12 public schools — including schools in College Park and boundary schools — can apply for grants. The council considered expanding eligibility to include all Prince George’s County Public Schools with at least 14 College Park students enrolled, which would have added six new schools, but ultimately decided to keep the rule as is. College Park has provided public boundary schools with grant money since 2008, with the purpose of supporting and enriching students’ educational experience, according to city documents. With a unanimous vote to modify the College Park School-Based Grant Program, council members hope to revisit this process in the next fiscal year, which begins next July.

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