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Board hears FY26 allocations for Title I, Title II, IDEA and Perkins career-tech funds
Summary
The district reported about $13.5 million in special-revenue funds for FY26 with Title I up roughly $287,000; officials explained set-asides for parental involvement, homeless services and program-specific restrictions, and outlined why aides are prioritized under IDEA to manage maintenance-of-effort benchmarks.
Jesse reviewed special-revenue funds (~$13.5 million) that house federal allocations and school-level local public funds. He said Title I funding increased by about $287,000 and described required set-asides (1% for parental involvement, a minimum set-aside for homeless services and administrative/professional-development limits). Jesse emphasized that some federal numbers arrived late and that assembling the federal side of the budget was constrained by timing.
On Title II-A, Jesse said the district received an unexpected increase (~$17,000) but warned that Title II has strict eligibility rules: funds cannot be applied to new teachers; recipients must be observed and the district must certify classroom-level class-size reductions with supporting data. For Title III and Title IV, Jesse described allocations for English-language learners, PD and student support services, and noted Title IV covers partial costs of districtwide coaches and nurses.
Jesse explained the IDEA maintenance-of-effort (MOE) benchmark that dates to 1995 and said the district favors hiring or funding aides rather than additional teacher units to manage the MOE benchmark growth, because the benchmark rises when local expenditures increase and cannot be reduced afterwards.
On Perkins career-technical funds, Jesse said these federal and state pots (e.g., Perkins) are used for hardware, software, staff development, registration fees and stipends—operational support rather than salaries—and the district pairs local dollars with federal grants and seeks additional competitive grants.
