Board authorizes Race to the Top signatures, but...

The School Board last night authorized the superintendent and Board president to sign the memorandum of understanding that signals the district's interest in sharing Race to the Top funding, should the state be awarded any in the federal government's $4.3 billion education program.

Like some other Wisconsin districts that have signed, though, the MPS signatures come with strings. The Board also voted to "instruct the President of the Board to send a letter to Governor Doyle, State Superintendent (of Public Instruction Tony) Evers, and Secretary of Education (Arne) Duncan, expressing the Board's concerns regarding the State's process in developing its application for Race to the Top funds and reaffirming the Board's ability to withdraw its Memorandum of Understanding should the actual application differ substantively from what was presented in the State's overview."

School Boards have not seen the state's final application. Information about the state's application that the state sent to MPS has been posted here by the Office of Board Governance.