Vacaville Unified School District leaders, after quickly opening and then closing a public hearing because no one spoke, approved proposed uses of categorical funding during a regularly scheduled board meeting on Thursday.
Categorical funding is state and federal money set aside for specific subgroups (English tutoring, school safety and violence prevention, adult education, for example) or to support goals like career education. Specifically, the board approved Tier III funds totaling $5.3 million for fiscal year 2013-14.