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Committee questions Literacy Mid South funding request and seeks stronger evaluation data
Summary
Literacy Mid South requested district funding to continue a tutoring program; the committee pressed for independent evaluation, clarity on per‑student costs and matching funds, and discussed how 'high‑dosage' attendance relates to measurable outcomes.
Interim CEO John Nichols of Literacy Mid South presented a funding request and grant context: Literacy Mid South said it has funded programming with Tennessee Department of Education grants (about $3.7 million annually) and had applied for an Education Innovation and Research (EIR) grant that would contribute $6 million over four years. Nichols said Literacy Mid South’s per‑student cost under prior grants was roughly $2,300; the organization proposed contributing $1,000 per student from its grant and asked the district to contribute roughly $1,300 per student to reach the program’s scale.
District staff presented an analysis…
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