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Board approves expansion of school improvement teams contract over objections on evidence and funding
Summary
After questions about outcome data and why general funds replaced improvement funds, the State Board voted 5–2 to amend a contract to expand a school teams improvement program to 20 teams for math and literacy supports.
The State Board voted to amend and expand a contract to support school improvement teams aimed at increasing math and literacy outcomes, despite several members questioning the evidence base and funding changes behind the expansion.
The contract item (pulled from the consent agenda earlier in the meeting) proposed increasing participation from 10 to 20 school teams, funded this year from general funds rather than the originally discussed improvement funds. Shirley Vargas,…
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