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District 191 presses for READ Act funding, mental health supports and teacher pipeline investments
Summary
The 2025 platform asks for full funding of the READ Act, expanded safe schools and mental health funding, and investments in teacher diversity and 'Grow Your Own' pipeline programs.
The district packet reiterates a request to "Fully fund Read Act and other mandates" and to expand Safe Schools funding to strengthen mental health supports and school safety programming. It also highlights funding to support teacher pipeline programs such as Grow Your Own grants and the short-call substitute teaching program.
Materials recommend funding to purchase evidence-based reading curriculum, extending compensatory hold-harmless provisions, and increased support for programs that address staffing shortages and teacher diversity. The packet lists these items among education priorities to press with state lawmakers during 2025 advocacy efforts.
The materials do not record immediate local policy changes; they are presented as legislative asks to secure state funding for these programmatic needs.
