Sec. 99u.
(1) From the general fund money appropriated under section 11, there is allocated for 2021-2022 an amount not to exceed $6,000,000.00 to a provider that is a provider of both of the following:
(a) An online mathematics tool that meets all of the following:
(i) Provides students statewide with complete access to mathematics support aligned with state standards through a program that has all of the following elements:
(A) Student motivation.
(B) Valid and reliable assessments.
(C) Personalized learning pathways.
(D) Highly qualified, live teachers available all day and all year.
(E) Twenty-four-hour reporting.
(F) Content built for rigorous mathematics.
(ii) Has a record of improving student mathematics scores in at least 5 other states.
(iii) Received funding under this section in 2017-2018.
(b) A program that provides explicit, targeted literacy instruction within an individualized learning path that continually adjusts to a pupil's needs. A program described in this subdivision that is funded under this subsection must be funded through a grant to a provider described in this subsection that also promotes literacy through the teaching of critical language and literacy concepts, such as reading and listening comprehension, basic vocabulary, academic language, grammar, phonological awareness, phonics, and fluency.
(2) A grantee that receives funding under this section shall comply with the requirements of section 19b.
(3) Notwithstanding section 17b, the department shall make payments under this section by not later than December 1, 2021.
History: Add. 2017, Act 143, Imd. Eff. Nov. 2, 2017 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 265, Eff. Oct. 1, 2018 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 586, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 2018 ;-- Am. 2020, Act 165, Eff. Oct. 1, 2020 ;-- Am. 2021, Act 48, Eff. Oct. 1, 2021