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Tribal‑area superintendents urge gap funding after federal Title I allocation switch to census model
Summary
Superintendents from St. John and Minnewakanton told the committee that a recent change to the method for allocating federal Title I funds — from a free‑and‑reduced model to a census‑based model — will cut their districts’ Title I allocations sharply while students being educated in their schools remain open‑enrolled from other districts; they
Superintendents from high‑poverty, tribal‑area districts asked the Appropriations - Education and Environment Division for gap funding after the state’s preliminary Title I allocations moved from a free‑and‑reduced lunch basis to a census model.
Keith LaValley, superintendent of St. John School District No. 3, told the committee the change means Title I federal dollars remain in students’ home (residing) districts rather than following open‑enrolled students to the districts that educate them. LaValley said St.…
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