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7061-9408 - Targeted Assistance and Innovation
| Account | Description |
FY 2017
Spending |
FY 2018
House 1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7061-9408 |
Targeted Assistance and Innovation
For targeted assistance and innovation support to schools and districts; provided, that eligible grantees shall include schools and districts at risk of being, or having been determined to be, underperforming or chronically underperforming pursuant to sections 1J and 1K of chapter 69 of the General Laws, and schools and districts demonstrating innovative approaches that have improved student performance, including but not limited to partnerships between community-based organizations and school districts; provided further, that grants made under this item shall be awarded in coordination with the departments of early education and care and higher education; provided further, that grants made under this item shall be expended to support literacy initiatives and programs that serve high-need children, including English language learners; provided further, that targeted assistance and innovation grants shall be expended for English language acquisition professional development to improve the academic performance of English language learners and effectively implement sheltered English immersion as outlined in chapter 71A of the General Laws; provided further, that targeted assistance and innovation grants shall be expended to support cities, towns, regional school districts, and Horace Mann and Commonwealth charter schools in planning for and implementing expanded learning time in the form of longer school days or school years at selected schools; provided further, that grants to support expanded learning time shall only be provided under this item to schools and districts that submitted qualifying applications which were approved by the department in fiscal year 2016 and include a minimum of an additional 300 hours on a mandatory basis for all children attending that school; provided further, that the department shall expend grant funds to support after-school and out-of-school programs; provided further, that grants may be awarded to districts in consultation with the department of higher education to support planning for STEM early college career pathways; provided further, that grants may be expended to support matching grants to level 3, 4, and 5 districts for school leadership practice-based cohort training programs that include on-site individualized coaching; provided further, that matching grants may be expended to support practice-based training for cohorts of new teachers in urban schools, with priority for organizations with a proven record of training effective new teachers working in urban schools; and provided further, that appropriated funds may be expended for programs or activities during the summer months |
7,760,613 | 27,958,257 |
Consolidated with 7010-0033 , 7027-1004 , 7061-9412 , and 7061-9611 and increased funding to support new initiative.
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