Know Your Funds
Schools must meet or exceed this poverty eligibility percentage for Title I.
What is 40%?
Your assigned Title I coordinator should be viewed as this—not simply the final approval stop.
What is your navigation partner?
By December 16, 2026, schools should have reached this spending milestone.
What is 50%?
This checkpoint asks, “Is it in the approved CSIP and budget?”
What is verify?
TRUE OR FALSE: If an expense appears in the CSIP, the school may immediately make the purchase.
What is false?
Before commitments are made, principals should align these four things.
What are needs, CSIP, budget, and timelines?
Before commitments are made, principals should align these four things.
What are needs, CSIP, budget, and timelines?
This percentage should be reached by March 26, 2027.
This percentage should be reached by March 26, 2027.
This checkpoint requires prior written approval before any commitment or purchase.
What is clearance?
Before expenditures, staffing, tutorials, professional learning, or travel move forward, schools need this.
What is prior written approval?
The recommended monthly Title I check-in should take approximately this long.
What is 20 minutes?
The recommended monthly Title I check-in should take approximately this long.
What is 20 minutes?
Schools should be at this spending level by May 21, 2027.
What is 90%?
A school has all required forms, but several are incomplete or missing supporting evidence. Which navigation rule has not been fully met?
What is document?
A planned expense is in the budget but not connected to an approved CSIP action. Your first move should be this.
What is pause/verify alignment before proceeding?
During monthly check-ins, principals should review current balance, encumbrances, and transfers under this heading.
What is budget status?
During monthly check-ins, principals should review current balance, encumbrances, and transfers under this heading.
What is budget status?
By this date, funds should be fully spent/obligated and reconciled.
What is August 6, 2027?
Purchase orders should be paid and closed within this many days after receiving goods or services.
What is 30 days?
A school receives goods but leaves the purchase order open for several months. Which navigation rule has been missed?
What is close/closing the PO?
A school’s Title I allocation is based on four key factors. Name all four.
What are poverty eligibility, Free & Reduced Lunch/CEP, prior-year October FTE, and the per-pupil allocation?
During the recommended monthly Title I check-in, principals should review five areas. Name at least four.
What are budget status, expenditures, CSIP alignment, upcoming deadlines, and risks & decisions?
To protect schools from last-minute problems, principals should establish internal deadlines this many business days before district deadlines.
What is 10 business days?
Put these three steps in order: Strategy, Expense, Need.
What is Need → Strategy → Expense?
Your team wants instructional software next week. It appears in the CSIP and budget. Before moving forward, name at least four items the presentation says should be confirmed.
What are budget alignment, prior approval, vendor contact, service agreement, quotes, legal approval, and/or eStore approval?