This page has been made available for your convenience, but the content of this site will no longer be updated after May 20, 2001. Visit the new site for new information. The percentage of first grade students eligible for free and reduced lunch will be used to obtain a derived Kindergarten count. Proviso 1A.13 stipulates that any unexpended balance from the prior fiscal year may be carried forward to the current fiscal year to be expended to operate programs in accordance with the district's Academic Assistance long range plan. The Early Childhood Development and Academic Assistance Act funds have to be expended in accordance with approved district and school plans or with an approved State Board waiver for an extended planning year.
All allowable costs consist of general instructional expenditures.
A waiver from the State Board of Education may be requested to expend funds outside of a designated grade span. Expenditures classified under Function 188 are limited in use to services for parenting and family literacy in accordance with approved district and school plans. Districts may request a waiver from the State Board of Education to use a portion of the funds generated by students in Kindergarten through Grade 3 for students in Grades 4-12 if such a change promotes better coordination of state and federal funds provided for programs for these children. Expenditures listed above may not include costs allowable under the waiver provision.