Sec. 104f.
(1) From the state school aid fund money appropriated under section 11, there is allocated an amount not to exceed $500,000.00 to a district for the implementation of an assessment digital literacy preparation program for pupils enrolled in grades K to 8 for 2021-2022. The department shall ensure that a program funded under this subsection satisfies all of the following:
(a) Is available to districts in the 2021-2022 school year.
(b) Focuses on ensuring pupils have the necessary skills required for state online assessments by assessing pupil digital literacy skill levels and providing teachers with a digital curriculum targeted at areas of determined weakness.
(c) Allows pupils to engage with the digital curriculum in an independent or teacher-facilitated modality.
(d) Includes training and professional development for teachers.
(e) Is implemented in at least 100 districts that operate grades K to 8 and that represent a diverse geography and socio-economic demographic.
(2) Funding under subsection (1) must be allocated to a district that did not receive funding under former section 104e for 2017-2018 and that operates at least grades K to 8 and has a partnership with a third party that is experienced in the assessment of digital literacy and the preparation of digital literacy skills and has demonstrable experience serving districts in this state and local education agencies in 10 other states. The district, along with its third-party partner, shall provide a report to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on school aid and the house and senate fiscal agencies on the efficacy and usefulness of the assessment digital literacy preparation program no later than July 1, 2022.
(3) Notwithstanding section 17b, the department shall make payments under subsection (1) by not later than December 1, 2021.
History: Add. 2020, Act 165, Eff. Oct. 1, 2020 ;-- Am. 2021, Act 48, Eff. Oct. 1, 2021
Compiler's Notes: Former MCL 388.1704f, which pertained to funding for the implementation of an assessment digital literacy preparation pilot project, was repealed by Act 58 of 2019, Eff. Oct. 1, 2019.