School districts shall spend no more than twenty-percent of annual Title I budgets on administrative expenses.
The purpose of this state rule is to ensure that maximum Title I funds be spent directly on students to enable them to achieve high standards. Administrative costs are defined as those costs spent on Title I Administrative activities at the district and school level. These activities include, salaries, benefits, travel, and office costs of Title I coordinators, clerks, bookkeepers, and maintenance personnel, cost of audits, and indirect cost.
7 Miss. Code. R. 3-80.2