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Associate superintendent outlines district's new unified Title grant application and spending priorities
Summary
Associate Superintendent Cindy Barers told the Silver Consolidated Schools board the district moved to a single "unified application" for Title and related grants and reviewed how Title I, II, IV, Carl Perkins and NextGen funding will be allocated for salaries, professional development, CTE and mental-health supports.
Associate Superintendent Cindy Barers presented the district's new unified Title application at the Silver Consolidated Schools work session on June 15, outlining how federal and state grant lines will be combined and spent for the 2026–27 year.
Barers said the unified application consolidates several previously separate submissions so administrators can work and submit together. "Budgeting isn't about limiting yourself. It's about making the things that excite you possible," she told the board as she described the process shift.
She reported the district's Title and related allocations in summary: Title I funds are directed largely to staff (more than half to salaries, including librarians and summer school staff), parent meetings and site allocations targeted at at-risk populations; Title II primarily supports professional development and recruitment; and Title IV is being used for safe-and-healthy-schools work, technology, behavior supports and targeted student enrichment such as field trips and summer school. Barers also detailed Carl Perkins (federal) and NextGen (state) funding as the primary sources for CTE teachers, classroom supplies and CTSO (career-technical student organization) supports.
Barers told the board the district's team added roughly $38,000 from NextGen into the baseline budget to cover a priority previously supported by an innovation-zone award that may not be guaranteed in future years.
Board members asked for clarification about federal mental-health funding and reporting requirements. District staff said the federal award that had been renegotiated was resumed and the district is operating under the expectation of federal funds through December; state funds will follow if federal timing changes. Administration described the present drawdown process: the district applies for approval to spend, then files supporting documentation and receives reimbursement as approved.
The board later approved the district's 2026–27 Title applications by voice vote during the regular meeting.
