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MCPS Title I funding serves 85% of allocation to schools; projection tools and direct‑certification drive allocations
Summary
Title I Director Michelle Owens briefed the committee on how Title I funds are allocated, compliance constraints (supplement‑not‑supplant and comparability), district priorities and set‑asides, and that the FY25 allocation was about $47.1 million.
Michelle Owens, Director for the Division of Early Childhood, Title I and Recovery Funds, presented an overview of the Title I program, how federal formulas allocate funding and how MCPS distributes funds to schools.
Owens said Title I funds are supplemental ("icing on the cake") and are governed by federal formulas that rely on counts of children ages 5–17 in poverty; those census numbers drive district allocations and can cause year‑to‑year variation. She noted the FY25 Title I allocation to MCPS was $47,108,271. Owens explained two central compliance tests: supplement‑not‑supplant (districts cannot replace local/state funding with Title I) and comparability (a fairness test that ensures a Title I school's state and local funding remains…
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