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East Chicago superintendent details $4.34 million in preliminary federal grant allocations, cautions approvals are pending
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Steven Bornay told the School City of East Chicago board the district’s preliminary Title I–IV allocations for 2025–26 total roughly $4.34 million, outlined submission and IDOE review timelines and Ed-Flex waivers, and warned that final award letters and tier‑2 approvals had not yet been issued.
Superintendent Dr. Steven Bornay presented the School City of East Chicago Board of Trustees with preliminary federal Title I–IV allocations for the 2025–26 grant year and a timeline for state review, while urging caution because final award letters had not yet been issued.
Bornay said the district’s preliminary Title allocations include Title I: $3,677,823.15; Title II: $286,000.432 (transcript formatting); Title III: $91,000.91866; and Title IV: $284,106.23, for a total preliminary Title allocation of $4,340,234.53. He told the board the district’s broader grant portfolio is “somewhere around $5,300,000 in grant funding,” and showed a pie chart that reflected Title I as the largest single federal grant.
The superintendent described the submission and IDOE review process: a pre‑application for Titles I, II and IV was filed 06/30/2025, IDOE…
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