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Schools to move grant activity to new fund; one grant already cut, five positions affected
Summary
Spotsylvania Schools plan to move grant-related revenues and expenditures into a separate School Grant Fund for transparency; staff said about 6,300 of 26,000 operating fund accounts are grant-related and that one $520,000 research grant was eliminated Feb. 10, affecting five positions to be absorbed by June 30.
Spotsylvania County schools officials told the board they plan to create a School Grant Fund to segregate federal, state and local grant revenues and expenditures from the schools’ main operating fund.
Mr. Trayer, speaking for the schools, said the schools currently maintain about 26,000 accounts in the main operating fund, of which roughly 6,300 are grant-related. "What we're trying to do is move existing grants out of the main operating fund," he said, adding the change would improve transparency and make it easier to manage grant spending during the year.
Trayer told supervisors one research-study grant of about $520,000 was eliminated as of Feb. 10; five positions associated with that grant remain employed through June 30 and school staff expect to recycle those positions into regular teaching roles via attrition. The schools cited Title I, special education, Title II and Title III grants as the principal federal awards they track and noted Title II and Title III are ones they watch closely for potential reductions.
Supervisors asked whether grants were mainly salary-funded; schools staff confirmed most of the affected grants are wage-related and said the district plans to absorb any lost positions through attrition where possible. Schools and county staff said establishing a dedicated grant fund would be net neutral to the schools’ overall proposed budget because revenue and expenditure shifts would offset one another.
No board action was taken; the schools’ proposal will be part of the FY26 budget conversation.
