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Finance committee reviews January finances, flags possible forfeiture of ESSER funds and advances E‑rate tech purchases
Summary
The finance committee reviewed January financials, discussed federal grant timing and late liquidation requests for ARP/ESSER funds (a potential $697,000 at risk), approved or advanced several technology purchases under the E‑rate program, and included a $25,000 ICS consulting contract in the upcoming board agenda.
At the Feb. 19 finance committee meeting, district finance staff reviewed January revenues and expenditures, summarized federal funding streams, and described two late‑liquidation requests submitted to the Pennsylvania Department of Education for ARP/ESSER funds.
The business office reported the district was awarded approximately $1.4 million in ARC‑ESSER funds since 2022. Staff said the district spent roughly $750,000 before the grant’s September 30 deadline and submitted a late liquidation request to PDE seeking to spend the remaining balance; if PDE does not approve the late request, staff told the committee the district could forfeit about $697,000.
The committee reviewed other federal funding sources in detail (National School Lunch reimbursements, Title I/II/IV, IDEA…
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