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Board reviews 'Busy' digital PBIS pilot, flags equity and funding questions
Summary
Staff described a proposed contract (not to exceed $200,000) for the Busy PBIS incentive system that automates token banking and links to FOCUS; board members asked how Title I funding rules, login rates and fundraising capacity affect equitable access.
At the agenda committee meeting Nov. 4, staff described the Busy program — a digital PBIS token and rewards platform — and recommended a contract not to exceed $200,000 to cover participating pilot schools. Staff said Busy pulls data each night from the district’s FOCUS system for attendance and grades and allows schools to run electronic incentive stores.
Vice Chair Joyce and other board members pressed staff on equity concerns: because many…
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