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Salem School Board authorizes engagement letters for FY26 federally funded staff amid funding uncertainty
Summary
The Salem School Board voted unanimously to allow staff to tender engagement letters to 14 federally funded professional positions for FY26 while discussing contingency spending and timing as federal funds may arrive after July 1.
The Salem School Board on April 15 authorized district staff to tender engagement letters to 14 named FY26 federally funded professional positions, a step trustees said aims to keep current employees and prospective hires engaged while the district waits to learn whether federal funds will arrive before the start of the fiscal year.
Superintendent Mara Palmer told the board “we find ourselves in this year with the potential of not receiving funding until after July 1.” The board’s action gives staff authority to send engagement letters but did not change the district’s budget; trustees discussed deferring nonessential expenditures if funding is delayed.
The action followed a staff presentation…
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