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PGCPS projects modest drop in Title I funding, details ranking method and notification timeline
Summary
District Title I staff told the committee that identification of Title I schools uses September 30 enrollment and October 31 direct-certification counts, that PGCPS received about $52.8M this year and projects roughly $50.2M next year, and that schools are notified of Title I status in January–February before budget season.
PGCPS Title I officials presented the district's methodology for identifying Title I schools and walked board members through current allocations and a projection for the coming year during the April 22 committee meeting.
"Title I exists to ensure that all children have access to a fair, equitable, and high quality education," said Natasha Flood, director of ESSA and Title I, who described how federal funds flow to states and then to local education agencies (LEAs) under the Every Student Succeeds Act.
Leslie Ingram Johnson, the fiscal supervisor in the Title I office, explained PGCPS identifies and ranks Title I schools using two fixed data points: September 30 student enrollment (validated by pupil…
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