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The Arizona Republic reports:
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey on Friday filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration, ratcheting up the political battle over the state’s use of American Rescue Plan funds as an incentive for schools that do not follow public health recommendations. In a 24-page federal complaint, Ducey’s legal team asked a judge to prevent U.S. Treasury from withholding or clawing back COVID-19 stimulus funds, as federal officials again threatened to do last week.
“The Biden administration is attempting to hold congressionally-appropriated funds hostage and is trying to bully Arizona into complying with this power-grabbing move,” Ducey said in a statement. Ducey created two education plans that draw on $173 million in American Rescue Plan aid. The funding was tied to an Arizona law that prohibited COVID-19 mandates in schools, and only schools that didn’t impose mandates were eligible for money.
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“The Ducey administration argues that the final rule, which was announced on Jan. 6 and says money cannot fund a program that ‘undermines efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19’, takes effect in April and cannot retroactively apply…” By @sbarchenger: https://t.co/PuZIgRbbnL
— Ray Stern (@raystern) January 21, 2022