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Board reviews consolidated Title I/II/IV application and clarifies 1% set‑aside for homeless and family engagement
Summary
District staff presented a consolidated federal Title I/II/IV application and recommended authorizing the district's designated representative to submit it. Board members asked for clarification about two identical set‑aside amounts; staff explained state rules require 1% set‑asides for homeless services and parent/family engagement when Title I allocations exceed $500,000.
A district staff member presented the consolidated Title I, Title II and Title IV application, telling the board the submission informs the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) how the district intends to use federal funds in the coming year and how those funds will support the district-wide school plan.
"In your packet is a consolidated application for the Title One, Title Two, and Title Four funding," the staff member said. The presenter said the district Title team prepared the consolidated application and recommended approving submission and authorizing a named representative to file the application with DPI.
Board member Terry moved to approve submission and to authorize Levi Corno as the authorized representative; Eric seconded. During discussion a board member asked why two identical dollar figures appeared — one labeled a homeless set-aside and the other as a family engagement set-aside. The staff explained the amounts matched because each set-aside is 1% of the allocation when Title I funding meets the statutory trigger.
Staff said the district historically computed the homeless set-aside by multiplying the prior-year count of homeless students by $300 per student, but this year the district set the amount equal to the required 1% because of limited funds. The staff also stated a threshold: if Title I funds exceed $500,000, the state requires 1% set‑asides for both homeless services and parent/family engagement.
The transcript records the motion and second but does not contain a recorded roll-call tally or further details about the total allocation amounts; two specific dollar figures mentioned in discussion were inconsistent in the recorded excerpt (one speaker referenced $35,000 while another referenced $17,891 for the 1% figure).
