Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor CSD
2025-26 (FY26) Use of Federal Title IA, IIA, and IVA Funds
Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor CSD receives Federal Title IA, IIA, and IVA funds under the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965. As part of ESEA, our district is
required to provide reasonable opportunity for public comment on the consolidated application
and consider such comment prior to the submission of the application. We are accepting public
comment on our ESEA application through July 1, 2025.
The application is summarized
below. Please submit comments or questions to Lisa Sharp, ESEA Coordinator,
lsharp@aos98schools.org, or the Superintendent’s Office, Attention L. Sharp, 51 Emery Lane,
Boothbay Harbor, ME 04538.
FY26 Application Summary:
In our application, we describe the projects that ESEA funds will support and how each project
will support our district goals. The goals that may be supported by ESEA funds are to
increase literacy and math achievement, support students’ Social and Emotional Learning
(SEL), and to improve our Multi-tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) which is a framework
and process for helping all students achieve.
Typically at this time of year, SAUs have received preliminary allocations from the Maine
Department of Education so that they may plan the use of funds for the upcoming school year and
apply for those funds. This year, the MDOE has not received all allocations from the USDOE
and therefore has been unable to notify SAUs of their preliminary allocations in each title. Due to
the deadline for applications, we must plan using last year’s allocation as an estimate, which was
$149,141.47 total in Title I, II, and IV funds.
Currently, MDOE has notified us that our preliminary Title IA allocation for school year 2025-26
(FY 26) is $131,249.08. Our final allocation, which is typically known in July, may differ. We
do not yet know the status of Title II and IV funds this year.
It is planned that the majority of ESEA funds will support direct services in literacy intervention
for at-risk K-4 students during the regular year and, if funding allows, summer programming for
at-risk K-3 students, and professional development in literacy, math, SEL supports, and MTSS.
For school year 2023-24 (FY24), the CSD’s allocation was $157,003.54 in ESEA funds. FY25’s
allocation was an approximate 5% decrease from FY24. This is a trend for the past several years.
Maine’s federal allocation has been decreasing with the explanation that the number of families
reportedly below the poverty line in Maine has decreased.
A continued reduction in funds may significantly impact our capacity to provide early literacy
intervention services to Boothbay Region students. Supporting regular-year direct services in
early literacy remains our priority.
For more information about ESEA: https://www.maine.gov/doe/learning/esea.
Submitted by Lisa Sharp, Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor ESEA Coordinator, June 11, 2025. Please
feel free to contact me with any questions or comments at lsharp@aos98schools.org or phone
207-633-5097. Thank you.