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Meeting Date:
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4/25/2019 - 6:30 PM
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Category:
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Regular Items of Business
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Type:
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Action
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Subject:
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9. Action on Request to Petition the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction to transfer the Achievement Gap Reduction (AGR) Program Contract from Andrew S. Douglas School to Elm Creative Arts School
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Strategic Plan Compatibility Statement:
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Goal 1 Academic Achievement
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Attachments
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File Attachment:
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Background:
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The Achievement Gap Reduction (AGR) Program was established in the 2015-16 school year after being authorized by State legislation (Wisconsin Acts 53 and 71). It fully replaced the Student Achievement Guarantee in Education program (SAGE) at the end of the 2017-18 school year.
Schools in the AGR program have renewable five-year contracts with the state and receive state aid for each third Friday countable, low-income student in grades, five-year-old kindergarten through third. For the 2018-19 school year, the Milwaukee Public School AGR program generated a total of $24,689,442 in state aid. Currently, MPS has 63 traditional schools and one non-instrumentality charter school participating in the program. These schools leverage instructional coaching and small class, 18:1 or 30:2, in five-year-old kindergarten to close the achievement gap within grades kindergarten through third.
The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) does not have statutory authority to enter into any additional AGR contacts. However, a participating school district may transfer an AGR contract with approval from DPI. In the past, MPS was granted approval to transfer SAGE contracts, when necessary.
In 2019-2020, Andrew S. Douglass will transition to a middle school. Thus, an AGR contract is available for transfer. After conducting an analysis of interested and eligible school programs, it was determined that Elm Creative Arts School would receive the remainder of the AGR contract, which expires at the end of the 2020-21 school year.
The 2019-20 AGR projected enrollment for Elm Creative Arts Schools is 168 students within grades five-year-old kindergarten through third grade. The projected low-income percentage is 91% which would generate an anticipated aid amount of $382,704.
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Fiscal Impact Statement:
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The Fall FY19 amended budget will include the AGR funding expected to be generated from the AGR contract transfer for Elm Creative Arts Schools. AGR aid is distributed three times throughout the school: one-third in November, one-third in February, and one-third in June. This item does not authorize expenditures beyond the revenue generated by the elementary school.
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Implementation and Assessment Plan
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Upon Board approval of this item, the petition will be forwarded to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. Upon authorization, the AGR office will provide advisement to Elm Creative Arts School relative to contractual expectations and requirements.
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Recommendation:
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The Administration recommends that the Board petition the Department of Public Instruction to approve the transfer for the current AGR contract from Andrew S. Douglass to Elm Creative Arts School (900 West Walnut Street) for implementation beginning in 2019-2020.
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Approvals:
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Recommended By:
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Signed By:
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Joandy Williams - Manager of Early Childhood/Head Start
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Signed By:
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Vickie Brown-Gurley - Interim Senior Director
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Signed By:
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Jeremiah Holiday - Interim Chief Academic Officer
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Signed By:
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Keith Posley, Ed.D. - Superintendent
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