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Cannon County board reviews ESSER reallocation, school safety and preschool grants
Summary
At a Nov. 13 workshop, board members discussed moving $600,000 of previously reallocated ESSER funds back to the general-purpose fund, keeping $400,000 in federal accounts for state-required projects, and accepted state and local grant awards including a $75,000 LEAPS after‑school grant and a $24,036.67 special‑education preschool grant. No formal votes were recorded in the transcript.
The Cannon County School Board reviewed corrections to previously submitted resolutions and discussed reallocating federal pandemic-era funds during its Nov. 13 workshop.
Unidentified Speaker 1 told the board staff had corrected monetary amounts in a resolution so the district’s figures align with the State Department of Education. That corrected resolution is slated for reapproval at the board’s next meeting, staff said.
Unidentified Speaker 2 summarized proposed movement of ESSER-related dollars after the program’s active period ended: of roughly $1,000,000 previously moved into federal accounts, staff proposed returning $600,000 to the district’s general-purpose fund and leaving $400,000 in federal accounts to pay for continuing state-eligible projects. Unidentified Speaker 3 confirmed staff still needed paperwork to finalize food-service reconciliations.
The board also reviewed incoming awards and grant receipts: staff noted a public-safety school-security grant (amount not specified in the transcript), a $75,000 award for the LEAPS after-school program, and a $24,036.67 state special-education preschool grant.
Board members did not record a formal vote on those items during the workshop. Unidentified Speaker 1 said the corrected resolution will be reapproved and discussed further on Thursday night. The fiscal details presented in the workshop reflect staff recommendations; the transcript does not record final approvals or vote tallies for these items.
The board’s next scheduled meeting items include formal consideration of the corrected resolution and routine acceptance of grant awards, with supporting documents to be provided to members prior to the Thursday session.
