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Granite to receive $15.3M in Title I funds; four new schools added under targeted-assist model
Summary
District staff said Granite received $15,300,000 from the state's Title I allocation and explained the criteria (40% and 75% poverty thresholds) used to designate Title I schools; the board approved expanding designations to include four newly served schools, with first-year schools operating under a targeted-assist model.
At the Aug. 4 meeting, the Granite School District presented a Title I funding update that included how federal funds are allocated and a district decision to expand the number of Title I schools.
"We received 15% of all the Title I funding statewide even though we have roughly 10% of Utah students," the presenter said, reporting that Granite was allocated $15,300,000 for the school year. The presenter described how federal funds flow from the U.S. Department of Education to states and then to local education agencies, and she reviewed required set-asides (parent and family engagement, equitable services for private schools, homelessness) and optional district set-asides (preschool at 8.5%, foster care, teacher professional learning, instructional coaches and principal coaching).
The presenter explained the district's designation process: a school must have at least 40% poverty to be eligible for schoolwide Title I status, and schools above 75% poverty must be served. The district ranks schools by poverty and sets a cutoff; it may also 'bubble' schools (grant a one-year extension) or expand the list. Because the district implemented a separate initiative to provide additional coaching across schools, staff said they were able to expand Title I allocations and designate four newly served schools, using a targeted-assist approach in the first year (funding literacy interventionists, paraeducators and coaching focused on k‑3 students reading below grade level).
Board members asked whether Title I set-asides could be spent in non-designated schools; staff clarified that most Title I funds go to designated schools and using Title I funds districtwide in place of district money could be supplanting.
