DODEA schools would stay open, sports fields would not under government shutdown

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — Sports and other extracurriculars will be suspended at Defense Department schools worldwide if Congress fails to reach a deal to fund the government past Sunday.

Department of Defense Education Activity, in a banner notice atop its website, said it is monitoring developments as the clock runs down toward the weekend. DODEA-Pacific regional director Lois Rapp spread the word to parents in a letter Thursday.

“Without enactment of an appropriation bill or a continuing resolution, all Federal agencies, including DODEA, will be required to execute contingency plans for a lapse in appropriations (commonly referred to as a ‘shutdown’) beginning Sunday,” she wrote.

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