EPIC IN THE NEWS
Michigan school turnaround program adds more districts
DATE: December 1, 2022
Fifty-four school districts with 112 low-performing schools will get extra support through a Michigan turnaround program that has proven to be helpful to many districts. But each district’s share of the resources may be more limited than in the past.
That’s because state funding for the program remains at $6 million, the same as last year, when just 36 districts were in the program. Those districts entered the program between 2017 and 2019 in three separate cohorts. Districts move out of the program as their struggling schools meet performance goals or once they complete the three-year partnership program.
Some districts that completed the program will continue receiving support as other schools in those districts are flagged.
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