State Education Department: Districts must stop using mascots depicting native Americans or lose funding

Officials say districts that don't make the changes by the end of the school year risk losing state aid.

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Nov 18, 2022, 1:07 PM

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State Education Department: Districts must stop using mascots depicting native Americans or lose funding

Officials say districts that don't make the changes by the end of the school year risk losing state aid.

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