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Eastern York officials warn Title I funding and federal education grants face uncertainty
Summary
District leaders described how the district combines ESSA Title I, II and IV funds to support reading teachers, and warned federal budget proposals and administrative pauses could reduce or delay that funding, potentially affecting classrooms and meal programs.
District administrators told the school board on Monday that federal education funding under the Every Student Succeeds Act is central to paying salaries for Title I reading teachers and that recent federal budget activity has created uncertainty about the district’s grants. “We take that $70,000, we take that 30 plus, put it in with that close to $500,000 for a total this year of $600,000,” a district administrator said, describing how the district consolidates Title II, III and IV dollars into Title I to pay salaries and benefits.
The consolidation is meant to preserve staff and keep pressure off the district budget. The administrator said the district uses federal set‑asides for nonpublic students, homeless families and parent engagement before allocating the remainder to salaries.
Board members and staff stressed why the money matters. “That…
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