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DeKalb school leaders present consolidated district plan, board asks for clearer needs-assessment details
Summary
District grants manager presented the Consolidated District Plan outlining federal funding priorities and required alignment with district goals; board members requested clearer documentation of the needs-assessment methods and asked for more detail about possible federal grant cuts, including one NIU-funded school-psychology cohort.
Emma Farini, the district grants manager, told the DeKalb CUSD 428 Board of Education that the Consolidated District Plan "is a framework that guides how we plan to use our federal funding" and that ISBE must have an approved plan before reviewing federal grant applications.
Board members and staff walked through the plan's role in aligning Title I, II, III, IV and IDEA funds to the district's strategic goals. Farini said the CDP "is a single plan for multiple funding sources"…
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