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Superintendent says district faces $917,000 Title I cut; board reviews savings and options
Summary
Superintendent Vicki Bayer told the Green Bay Area Public School District board the district will lose about $917,000 in Title I funds for 2026–27 and outlined completed savings and additional options under consideration, including pausing administrator tuition reimbursement and deferring non‑referendum facilities work.
Superintendent Vicki Bayer told the Green Bay Area Public School District board on April 13 that the district will lose roughly $917,000 in federal Title I funding for the 2026–27 school year and outlined steps district staff are taking to close the gap.
"The total loss in funding for our district for next school year will be $917,000," Bayer said, explaining the drop reflects a decline in the district’s poverty rate relative to other districts and changes in how Title funds are distributed. She said the district will use Title I carryover and reallocate funds where possible to cover staffing needs for 2026–27 but warned that carryover will not be available for 2027–28.
Bayer summarized items the board has ruled out — including eliminating the IPP healthcare item, stopping livestreaming of board meetings and layoffs — and listed completed savings: moving employee flu and COVID vaccinations to pharmacies or clinics (estimated savings of about $50,000), health insurance modifications (approximately $775,000 in savings), discontinuing credit card fees (about $18,000) and a reduction in FTE through attrition and consolidation ("over 100 FTE" planned for 2026–27). She said other cost‑saving measures under review include pausing administrator tuition reimbursement for 2026–27, freezing or reducing summer professional development, reducing software contracts, considering custodial service model changes and deferring non‑referendum facilities projects (Cale's budget typically sets aside $3.5 million for such work each year).
On the administrator tuition reimbursement proposal, Bayer said she will bring a formal recommendation to the board to pause reimbursement for the 2026–27 school year and revisit it for 2027–28. She said in many cases the district expects to continue covering staff through planned shifting of Title funds and use of carryover funds, but that further adjustments will be necessary in subsequent years.
Board members sought clarification on several items: Trustee Lynn Gerlach asked whether "over 100 FTE" meant the district will indeed be 100 full‑time equivalent positions fewer for 2026–27; Bayer confirmed that is the plan for that school year. The board was also presented with a student fee schedule recommendation for 2026–27 that proposes no fee increases.
What happens next: Staff will present the formal memo to pause administrator tuition reimbursement for board action and continue to refine budget options for adoption ahead of the 2026–27 fiscal planning cycle.
