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Staff shifts Title I formula to direct‑certification method; projects $2.8M current aid and school moves
Summary
Staff proposed using state direct‑certification numbers (with the CEP multiplier) instead of free/reduced lunch application percentages to identify Title I schools for next year, citing CEP schools and redistricting that made free/reduced data unreliable; several schools are projected to transition off Title I and staff will submit schools to the state by June 17.
Staff reviewed the division’s Title I identification approach for the coming year and explained a change in methodology intended to provide a more reliable, apples‑to‑apples comparison between schools.
“Had about $2,800,000 in funding,” a staff presenter said, summarizing this year’s Title I allocation and noting how redistricting and the addition of Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) schools made free/reduced application percentages unreliable for projections.
Staff described a shift to using state direct‑certification lists (students certified for SNAP/TANF, McKinney‑Vento and foster placements) and applying an allowed CEP multiplier (1.6) for CEP schools to estimate which elementary and middle schools will qualify for Title I allocations next year. With the approach, projected identified elementary schools include Moncure, Kate Waller Barrett, Falls Run, Rocky Run, Widewater and Falmouth, with directly certified percentages (after CEP multiplier) running from roughly 64% to 83% in those examples.
Board members pressed for more clarity about per‑school counts versus percentages (a large school can have many eligible students but a lower percentage), communication plans for schools transitioning off Title I (staff said those schools have been planning the adjustment), and whether cuts to SNAP/Medicaid federal programs could have affected direct‑certification numbers. Staff said the state calculation and the direct‑certified data were used to make the projections, and that the division plans additional communication, outreach at open houses and targeted messaging to families ahead of the June 17 submission deadline to the state. The board will consider the item for approval on June 9.
Provenance: topic introduced at the Title I presentation (SEG 376) and discussion finishes with deadlines and next steps (SEG 875).
