Board hears about federal Title carryover and plan to reallocate grant funds for behavioral supports

District administrators told the board the district is seeing higher federal Title funding partly because of carryover and adequacy money added to the base, and they are consolidating applications to use funds more flexibly for student programs.

Dr. Gaston (district staff member) said some of the federal increase was unexpected carryover and that the district uses a consolidated application approach to move funds among allowable Title programs to meet local needs. She said the administration will prepare a concise reference explaining each federal program’s allowable uses to help board members follow how carryover and allocations are being spent.

Board members asked whether carryover means the district is losing unspent money; administrators said that carryover reflects timing and allowable spending windows and that the district has not lost Title funds but is working to reduce large carryovers by accelerating program spending where appropriate. Officials also discussed shifting a split-funded position from a grant into Title consolidation to free funds for safety and behavioral supports and said they hope to fund a behavioral support therapist through the consolidated federal programs if the authorizations and program rules allow.

Administrators committed to providing a Title program usage update and a simple guide to federal program restrictions before the next meeting.