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Superintendent warns federal title funds delayed; district may face multi‑million shortfall
Summary
Superintendent Ken Richardson told the board the district has not yet received several Title allocations and other state funds, saying roughly $1.25 million in federal Title funds remains unreleased and that, in a worst‑case scenario, the district could be roughly $3.23 million short; administrators are preparing contingency plans.
Superintendent Ken Richardson told the David Douglas School District Board on Wednesday that the U.S. Department of Education has delayed release of several formula Title allocations, leaving the district without funds it typically counts on for staffing and programs.
Richardson said the withheld funds include Title I‑C, Title II‑A, Title III and Title IV (A and B). He described the sum of those specific Title allocations as about $1,250,000 and said other allocations, including state early literacy and SIA funds, remain unresolved. “If we did not get any of that…
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