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Board approves $90,000 federal literacy grant, reallocations and awards facilities RFQ to CMTA
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Summary
Board accepted multiple budget amendments including a $90,000 federal literacy grant to support middle/high school literacy work with NIET, several federal reallocations to spend down year-end carryovers, and approved awarding an RFQ for a facilities assessment to CMTA.
The White County Board of Education approved a series of budget amendments and procurement actions intended to use federal carryover funds and support district programming.
Director Robert Drombarger summarized five budget amendments: a new $90,000 federal literacy grant to support middle- and high-school literacy work with the National Institute for Excellence in Teaching (NIET); a small Perkins CTE carryover (about $3,566) moved into instructional supplies and materials; reallocation of roughly $44,464.07 in an "access and access for all" fund into instructional supplies; and two McKinney-Vento fund reclassifications including a $4,000 correction to medical-insurance coding.
"This is new money," Drombarger said of the $90,000 literacy award, adding that staff would partner with vendors across the state and with NIET on implementation.
On procurement, the board reviewed RFQ #20200 for a district facilities assessment. CMTA received the top score in the evaluation and the board approved awarding the RFQ to CMTA and to proceed with contract negotiations.
Board action: The budget amendments and RFQ award were approved as part of the evening's consent/old-business actions. Finance staff said the amendments are intended to move expiring or timing-sensitive federal funds into spendable line items by fiscal year end.
Next steps: Staff will finalize contract negotiations with CMTA and post the grant and budget amendment details in district records.
