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JPS officials say ARP ESSER reinstated but Title II/IV revenues likely to drop $1.8 million for FY26
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Green and Margaret Purnell, executive director of finance, told the Jackson Public School District Board the U.S. Department of Education has reinstated access to roughly $6.8 million in ARP/ESSER funds but that the district expects an estimated $1.8 million reduction in Title II and Title IV revenues for FY26.
Superintendent Dr. Green and Margaret Purnell, executive director of finance, updated the Jackson Public School District Board of Trustees on late federal funding changes and how the district is adjusting its FY26 budget.
Purnell said the U.S. Department of Education has "reinstated the district's access to the $6,800,000 for ARP ESSER" and that the district had roughly $6.8 million in encumbrances against those funds. She added that because the ARP/ESSER funds are again available, the district "will not have to" use district maintenance funds that it had planned to redeploy for those expenses.
At the same time, Purnell told the board that the district now expects…
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