Current through Public Act 156 of the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 388.1699hh - Wayne RESA; nonprofit entity partnership; student success coach AmeriCorps service members(1) From the state school aid fund money appropriated in section 11, there is allocated an amount not to exceed $3,000,000.00 for 2024-2025 only for Wayne RESA to partner with a nonprofit entity to support student success coach AmeriCorps service members to provide academic interventions in mathematics and English language arts and social-emotional support to students enrolled in grades K to 12.(2) A district that receives funding under this section must use the funds to deploy student success coach AmeriCorps service members to schools within the district. Student success coaches described in this subsection shall do all of the following:(a) Provide small-group intervention support in mathematics and English language arts to at-risk students for 10 months. For purposes of this subdivision, students must be selected based on academic diagnostic data and be placed on a focus list for year-round support.(b) Provide whole school, whole child support to partner schools in the district.(c) Provide social-emotional support to a subset of focus-list students for 10 months. For purposes of this subdivision, students must be selected based on district behavior and climate or culture data and placed on a focus list for year-round support.(d) Provide individualized attendance support to improve daily attendance rates for 10 months. For purposes of this subdivision, students must be selected based on district attendance data and placed on a focus list for year-round support.(3) A district receiving funding under this section must provide all of the following for student success coaches:(a) Evidence-based training in TRAILS, Mental Health First Aid, Magnetic Reading, LETRS, and other relevant training necessary to implement academic, social, and attendance strategies.(b) Ongoing career development training and coaching, including support with applying to teacher preparation programs, school social work preparation programs, and guidance counseling preparation programs.(4) By not later than January 1 of each fiscal year, the center shall prepare a summary report of information provided by each recipient district under this section that includes measurable outcomes based on the objectives described in this section and a summary of compiled data from each recipient district in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the project. The center shall submit the report to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on school aid and to the house and senate fiscal agencies.(5) Notwithstanding section 17b, the department shall make payments under this section on a schedule determined by the department.Amended by 2024, Act 120,s 115, eff. 10/1/2024.Added by 2023, Act 103,s 159, eff. 10/1/2023.