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DPSCD: Literacy lawsuit funds being spent quickly; academic-intervention hires show early midyear gains
Summary
District staff told the committee that spending tied to the literacy lawsuit is tracking ahead of original projections because the district rapidly hired academic interventionists; midyear data show higher probabilities of one-or-more-year growth for students who received interventions.
Detroit Public Schools Community District staff told the finance committee the district is spending literacy-lawsuit funds faster than originally planned because it has hired academic interventionists at scale, and early (midyear) results show measurable gains for participating students.
Staff reminded the committee that the district received about $94 million to fund a three-year implementation tied to a literacy court settlement. Presentation slides and spoken remarks showed the district expects to spend roughly $43 million in year one because of aggressive hiring of academic interventionists and related personnel.
Nut graf: The district said front-loaded hiring has accelerated…
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