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Amira Learning pitches statewide K–3 screening and outcomes-based tutoring to Michigan lawmakers
Summary
Amira Learning told the House Appropriations subcommittee that its voice-enabled screener and tutoring tool, approved by MDE for K–3 screening, could scale statewide via outcomes-based contracts and at roughly $20 per student could extend supports beyond the highest-need students.
Molly Avella, vice president of Amira Learning, told the House Appropriations Subcommittee on School Aid that Michigan’s upcoming K–3 universal screening requirement and the governor’s tutoring proposal create both an opportunity and a funding gap for districts.
"Starting in the school year of ’27–’28, your LEAs will be required to screen all K–3 students for reading difficulties," Avella said, noting MDE has approved two screening instruments and that Amira was one of them. She said the screening mandate is unfunded and warned districts will face competing assessment choices unless state policy and procurement align.
Avella urged lawmakers to…
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