Pays American Association of Yemeni Students and Professionals up to $90,000 for literacy program
The American Association of Yemeni Students and Professionals, based in Dearborn, Michigan, will run its Ta’alam Literacy Program at district sites with many Arabic- and Pashto-speaking students. Literacy coordinators and mentors will hold regular literacy sessions and culturally responsive activities and work with educators and families. The agreement runs September 3, 2024 through May 30, 2025 and is capped at $90,000.
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- New agreement
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- Classroom & academic programs
- Term
- Sep 3, 2024 – May 30, 2025
- This vote
- $90,000
- Funding
- Central Concentration
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0004-929- Vendor no.
006894- Presented by
- Chief Academic Officer
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24-2494· agendaL.-75- Outcome
- Adopted on the General Consent Report, Oct 23, 2024
Official text
Ratification by the Board of Education of a Services Agreement 2024-2025 by and between the District and American Association of Yemeni Students and Professionals, Dearborn, MI, for the latter to provide its Ta’alam Literacy Program deploying Literacy Coordinators and Mentors to OUSD sites that have a large number of Arab/Afghan, Arabic/Pashto speaking students to hold regular literacy sessions, culturally responsive activities and collaborate with educators and families to support students, via Office of Equity, for the period of September 3, 2024 through May 30, 2025, in an amount not to exceed $90,000.00.
History
- Adopted on the General Consent Report