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Board reviews proposed $1.69 million at-risk budget for 2025-26, including staffing and program allocations
Summary
District staff presented a proposed 2025-26 at-risk (modified supplemental) budget totaling about $1.69 million to fund 22 FTEs and programs including tiered supports, resource navigators, summer school and partnerships; the board later authorized administration to request SBRC supplemental funds tied to at-risk programming.
Becky Witchers presented the district's required annual proposal for the modified supplemental amount (at-risk funds) for the 2025-26 school year at the Jan. 13 board meeting. The at-risk allocation is intended to support a PreK-12 continuum of services to meet academic, social and emotional behavior needs of at-risk students and to promote graduation and postsecondary readiness.
Witchers described the district's locally selected at-risk indicators, which include attendance and chronic absenteeism, school engagement, academic performance (literacy and numeracy), discipline measures (ISS/OSS/major referrals), homelessness or foster status, and on-track-to-graduate credit measures for secondary students. The district also counts students "persistently at risk" as those two or more grade levels below…
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