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Title I

Budget and Ed-Flex Waiver

Information about the Title I Budget and the IDOE Ed-Flex Waiver application

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District Title I Budget

The district had unspent Title I funds from the 24-25 school year. It is required for a district to notify the public of unspent funds and of the district’s plan to apply for an Ed-Flex Waiver that allows us to use these funds.

Unspent funding was due to availability of additional ESSER funds over the past 4 years. These funds were used to fund after school tutoring, summer school, extra interventionists & aides, and supplemental learning supplies & resources that are normally paid for with Title I funds.

Ed Flex Waiver

By applying for the Ed-Flex Waiver, the district will be able to offset increases in staffing costs. This will allow the district’s programs to maintain the current amount of staffing for the Title I funded preschool program and the K-8th grade Title I intervention programs.

Additionally, by participating in the Ed-Flex Waiver, the district will be able to continue to offer a variety of Title I funded family learning opportunities.

Maintaining staffing levels and continuing to offer family engagement opportunities are essential for increasing student reading and math proficiency.

Ed Flex Waiver

We will use ILEARN data from 2025 and 2026 as evidence of progress towards our goal of increasing ILEARN proficiency rates.

Attendance documentation from the Title I funded family events from 2025 and 2026 will be used as evidence of successful maintenance of family learning programs.

Data will be reviewed in the summer of 2026. The persons responsible for evaluating progress include the Director of Federal programming, the Executive Director of Curriculum and the Superintendent.

Ed Flex Waiver Evaluation

Ed Flex Waiver Public Comment

Please use the link below to submit comments, suggestions and questions regarding the district’s plan to apply for an Ed-Flex Waiver by March 3rd.