Sec. 99t.
(1) From the general fund appropriation under section 11, there is allocated an amount not to exceed $2,000,000.00 for 2021-2022 to purchase statewide access to an online algebra tool that meets all of the following:
(a) Provides students statewide with complete access to videos aligned with state standards including study guides and workbooks that are aligned with the videos.
(b) Provides students statewide with access to a personalized online algebra learning tool including adaptive diagnostics.
(c) Provides students statewide with dynamic algebra practice assessments that emulate the state assessment with immediate feedback and help solving problems.
(d) Provides students statewide with online access to algebra help 24 hours a day and 7 days a week from study experts, teachers, and peers on a moderated social networking platform.
(e) Provides an online algebra professional development network for teachers.
(f) Is already provided under a statewide contract in at least 1 other state that has a population of at least 18,000,000 but not more than 19,000,000 according to the most recent decennial census and is offered in that state in partnership with a public university.
(2) The department shall purchase the online algebra tool that was chosen under this section in 2016-2017.
(3) A grantee receiving funding under this section shall comply with the requirements of section 19b.
History: Add. 2016, Act 249, Eff. Oct. 1, 2016 ;-- Am. 2016, Act 313, Eff. Oct. 6, 2016 ;-- Am. 2017, Act 108, Eff. Oct. 1, 2017 ;-- Am. 2017, Act 143, Imd. Eff. Nov. 2, 2017 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 265, Eff. Oct. 1, 2018 ;-- Am. 2020, Act 165, Eff. Oct. 1, 2020 ;-- Am. 2021, Act 48, Eff. Oct. 1, 2021