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District staff says federal funding largely stable but McKinney‑Vento grant was not awarded to Rutherford County
Summary
Rutherford County Schools told the board it expects most large federal program allocations to remain but learned it did not receive a three‑year McKinney‑Vento grant, a competitive award that had contributed roughly $2.5 million to prior budgets; the board approved shifting some positions from frozen Title funds to general purpose funds.
Rutherford County Schools staff told the board on June 24 that the district’s three largest federal funding streams — Title I, CTE and IDEA — appear secure for the coming year, but the district did not receive a competitive three‑year McKinney‑Vento grant that had previously supported homeless and displaced student services. District staff described the McKinney‑Vento award as unexpected to be lost and said the Tennessee Department of Education changed the rubric for this cycle and made the award competitive…
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