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District finance report: $385,000 in grant pay requests filed; high‑needs special education grant prorated to ~66%
Summary
District finance staff told the board it submitted pay requests for just over $385,000 across multiple federal and state grants and that the district's high‑needs special education award was initially $494,196 but was prorated to 66.4%, reducing the current payment to roughly $328,000; the board also noted recovery of previously misdirected state‑assessed railroad and utility tax funds.
The district’s finance representative told the ODESSA R‑VII board that staff submitted pay requests totaling just over $385,000 for federal and state grant programs including Title I, Special Education Part B, School‑Age Child Care, CTE Enhancements and CTE 50/50 grants.
The presenter said the district’s high‑needs special education application had originally been funded at $494,196 based on actual expenditures for the year but was later prorated to 66.4% amid high statewide demand for that fund. The prorated payment was described in the meeting as roughly $328,000, and the presenter did not indicate a guarantee that the remainder would be paid later.
Board members and staff also discussed a corrected distribution of state‑assessed railroad and utility tax funds that had been misdirected in a prior transmittal; the district said it recently received its portion in the most recent payment cycle after coordination between county clerks.
The finance report included other revenue notes: a modest revenue increase tied to DESE’s transition to a membership‑driven formula and reductions in transportation prorations (reported at approximately 94.6%) and proxy funding. The presenter said the district had not counted the recovered tax money in the current year budget but expected to receive it.
