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Conestoga Valley board approves consent agenda; federal ESSER spending nears close-out with $47,000 unspent
Summary
The board approved the consent agenda including a new position and the appointment of Dylan as assistant director of technology; administrators reported they are closing out $8.9 million in ESSER funds and expect to leave about $47,000 unspent because of summer-program spending constraints.
Conestoga Valley School District approved its consent agenda for the meeting, which included routine confirmations, a new position and the appointment of Dylan as assistant director of technology.
During the federal programs report, the presenter said the district was in the final days of expenditures for its ESSER allocations. "We are at the very last 14 days of expenditures for the $8.9 million in ESER funding," the administrator reported, and said the district planned to use remaining funds for decodable ELA texts and to encumber HVAC work. The presenter said, based on grant-specific constraints for summer-program funding, the district expects to leave roughly $47,000 unspent.
Board members asked about timelines and monitoring; the presenter said encumbrances must be in place by Sept. 30 and expenditures completed by the end of the year, and noted records will be retained for seven years and monitoring visits are expected after close-out.
Why it matters: the ESSER funds supported curriculum and one-time system investments the administrators said will not create ongoing budget obligations. The appointment and new position approved on the consent agenda became official as part of that motion.
Next steps: staff will finalize orders for decodable texts and complete encumbrances by the federal deadline; monitoring by state reviewers is expected after close-out.
