(KNSI) — St. Cloud Area Senator Aric Putnam has authored a bill to provide funding for other Minnesota schools to implement a system focused on addressing students’ academic, social, and emotional needs.
The bill asks for the allocation of $7.65 million for 30 additional schools to implement the Building Assets, Reducing Risks system. More than 40 schools in the state and 200 others around the country are using the BARR system to improve school culture and student outcomes by focusing on increasing math and English achievement scores. It also aims to improve student credit attainment, reduce course failure rates, close the achievement gap, and reduce chronic absenteeism by improving the school environment of students and staff.
Detroit Lakes High School Principal Joshua Omang is highly in favor of the bill, saying, “In just over one year of implementation, BARR has had a tremendous impact, including a dramatic reduction of course failures across all 9-12 grades and an improvement in school culture. With BARR, we are way more efficient at addressing student challenges, proactive in preventing problem behaviors, and successfully addressing social and emotional needs, all while focusing on the positives and strengths that each person in our school community brings to the table.”
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