Hutcheson elected board VP

Craig Hutcheson, superintendent of the Kittatinny Regional School District, has been elected vice president of the National Association of Federally Impacted Schools (NAFIS) board of directors.

In that role, he will be a national advocate for school districts that receive Impact Aid, which reimburses school districts for the loss of revenue caused by the presence of nontaxable federal property.

That includes military installations; Indian Trust, Treaty and Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act lands; federal low-income housing facilities; and national laboratories and other federal buildings and property.

Hutcheson has served on the NAFIS board for six years and represented his school district in NAFIS since he was appointed superintendent in 2007.

Hutcheson, who is a shared superintendent with Hampton Township School District, also is a longstanding member of the Federal Lands Impacted Schools Association (FLISA), a NAFIS subgroup.

“I am honored to be elected Vice President of NAFIS, advocating for the nation’s oldest K-12 federal education program,” he said. “NAFIS and Impact Aid are crucial to ensuring the financial stability of schools serving students from federal installations.

“I am excited to continue advocating for the advancement of this vital program and for increasing federal funding to fulfill the obligations created by the federal presence in school districts across the nation.”

Impact Aid serving more than 1,000 districts and nearly 8 million students.

NAFIS executive director Nicole Russell said she looks forward to continuing to work with Hutcheson. “His deep expertise and understanding of these districts’ unique needs, coupled with his commitment to strengthening Impact Aid for the entire constituency, will help strengthen our association and drive our advocacy work forward as we navigate the evolving and challenging federal policy landscape.”

His term will last two years.