Section 35p

Grant Name: High Impact Tutoring

Grant Information

• Legislation: MCL - Section 388.1635p - Section 35p of the State School Aid Act (2026-PA-0025)
• Contact: Jeff McNeal, Office of Curriculum & Instruction, MDE-35P-TUTORING@michigan.gov
• Office Hours: Use the link to book office hours 
  •    Grant Office Hours

Grant Application

• Application Period:  Currently Closed
• Application Link: More Information coming soon
• Template for Required District Letter of Support
  • Grant applications must include letter of support from all partnering districts identified in the application.  Districts are required to agree to criteria specified in legislation.  This template includes all the required criteria and all districts need to do is apply this template to their own letterhead, fill in the required information (i.e. grade levels, content areas, etc.) and have the letter signed by the district superintendent.  Letters will then need to be sent to the grant fiscal who will upload them into their NexSys application.
  • Template for Required Letter of Support

Grant Awardees

• Posted when available

Additional Grant Information

• Technical Assistance Presentation
• Eligible Tutoring Partners
  • 35p(11)(a): Eligible tutoring partner means a tutoring provider...that provides high-impact tutoring and meets at least 1 of the following:
          (i)    Is included on the Proven Tutoring list maintained by the Center for Research and Reform in Education at Johns Hopkins University.
          (ii)   Has a Tutoring Program Design Badge as awarded by the National Student Accelerator, a program of the SCALE Initiative at Stanford
                 University.
          (iii)  Is a vetted high-impact tutoring program included in the MiStrategyBank.
  • Eligible tutoring partners spreadsheet
• Guidance/Instructions
  • More information coming soon
• FAQs
  • More information coming soon