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Grafton committee reviews entitlement grants, hears carryover rules; approves allocations
Summary
Officials explained how Chapter 70 operational funds and federal entitlement grants flow and are spent across fiscal years; the committee voted to approve the grants as allocated by administration.
At the Oct. 21 meeting, Superintendent Dr. Cummings and staff presented a detailed overview of the district’s operational budget and federal entitlement grants, and the School Committee voted to approve the grants as allocated by administration.
Dr. Cummings outlined differences between the operational budget (Chapter 70 and local contributions), which follows the fiscal year (July 1–June 30), and entitlement grants administered through the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) via the GEMS system. He said entitlement grants total “somewhere between 800 and a million dollars” in a…
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