Ed Dept Pilot Will Allow Flexibility to Blend Funding
February 5, 2018
By: Linda Jacobson
Source: Education Dive
Dive Brief:
- Up to 50 school districts will be able to blend federal, state and local funding sources to create a “student-centered funding” system under a pilot program announced Friday by the U.S. Department of Education.
- Districts have until March 12 to apply for the flexibility if they want to take advantage of it for the 2018-19 school year. The pilot, which is allowed under the Every Student Succeeds Act, requires districts to assign different “weights” — meaning higher funding — to students with greater needs, such as English learners and those from low-income families.
- “This is a great opportunity for local district leaders to put students first,” Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos said in a press release. “Instead of…