APAC member says Duluth Public Schools' American Indian Education Aid application is incomplete, risking roughly $54,000
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Amber Greensky told the Nov. 18 listening session that the district is eligible for $413,000 in American Indian Education Aid but has posted an unfinished application and budget that appears to account for about $358,000, leaving about $54,000 unallocated; APAC says it cannot approve the incomplete application until presented in an open meeting with a quorum.
Amber Greensky told the Duluth Public Schools listening session that the district is eligible this school year for $413,000 in American Indian Education Aid intended to support more than 700 American Indian students enrolled districtwide.
Greensky said the application posted on the district website remains unfinished and that the budget posted there accounts for approximately $358,000 of the total for which the district is eligible, leaving roughly $54,000 unallocated. She said one of the listed American Indian education employees’ salary and benefits do not reflect a roughly two-month vacancy, which she said may lead to unspent aid at fiscal year-end that cannot be carried over.
Greensky said APAC (the district’s American Indian advisory committee) has met 10 times since the June 1 application deadline to assist and that, because APAC cannot approve an incomplete application, it remains unable to certify that goals, narratives and budgets are agreed upon. She urged the board to review the application and budget posted on the district website and to present a completed application and associated budgets to APAC at an open public meeting with a quorum so APAC can vote to approve.
“Would you vote to approve an incomplete application and budget? Is this educational neglect for American Indian students?” Greensky asked the board, framing her remarks as an appeal for timely action and transparency.
The transcript does not record a district response or a board vote during the listening session. Greensky requested the board ask hard questions and to provide a completed application to APAC for review; APAC members said they were available to act once a completed application is presented at an open meeting.