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Elizabethton board approves tutoring positions funded by state and grant dollars
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The Elizabethton Board of Education approved two full‑time and five part‑time tutoring assistant positions funded by Title I and tutoring grants to expand K–5 and middle‑school literacy and math support for the remainder of the 2025–26 school year.
The Elizabethton Board of Education voted to create two full‑time tutoring assistant positions and five part‑time positions funded by a combination of Title I and tutoring integration grants, board members said at their February meeting.
Director Van Huss and Dr. Newman told the board the moves are intended to meet recent changes in state law and expand services for students who need extra instruction. "It provides us with, $500 per student that is required to receive tutoring. So we received about $15,000," Dr. Newman said, describing one early‑literacy grant…
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