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Detroit schools report midyear gains, outline how $94.4 million literacy settlement will be spent
Summary
District officials reported midyear literacy gains tied to newly hired academic interventionists and outlined a three‑year spending plan for $94.4 million from the districtlitigated literacy settlement, while flagging that current spend rates will not fund every initiative in years two and three.
Dr. Beatty delivered an update to the Detroit Public Schools Community District Academic Curriculum Committee on the districtlitigation-driven literacy funding and early results. The district has $94,400,000 allocated to literacy from the settlement, of which officials now project spending about $42,800,000 in the first year.
Why it matters: The money is one-time funding targeted at improving early literacy and is intended to be spent over three years. Committee members pressed for clarity on which initiatives will continue if the district cannot sustain every program after the settlement funds end.
Dr. Beatty said the district has prioritized direct interventions in early grades. "We rapidly hired. You can see we've hired 267 academic interventionists," he said during the March meeting, adding that midyear results show a measurable difference between students served and…
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