"The Trump administration's threat to cut federal funds to schools with race-based programs and a discrimination lawsuit prompted the Fresno Unified School District to restructure its academic support department for Black students. Starting with a name change in October, the African American Academic Acceleration department - still known as A4 - is now the Advancing Academic Acceleration & Achievement department."
"The district made the name change to avoid losing $250 million in federal funding. "There's a lot happening at the federal level that we have no control of," "When we think about the threat and loss of $250 million, not only does it impact the students we're serving in A4, but it impacts students across our entire district.""
Fresno Unified restructured and renamed its African American Academic Acceleration department to Advancing Academic Acceleration & Achievement to avoid losing $250 million in federal funding and to signal support for all marginalized racial and ethnic groups. Federal threats to cut funds for race-based programs and a discrimination lawsuit prompted the change. Concerns arose that the name change could dilute focus on Black student equity and weaken culturally responsive programs. A4 began in 2017 after very low reading and math proficiency rates among Black students and expanded from a $4-million to a $12-million investment to address persistent achievement gaps.
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