Hundreds of educators have already gotten the stipend.

Other classroom factors, including class size and teacher pay, did not correlate with third grade reading scores, the study found.

Among the grant recipients are 21 Colorado school districts, seven charter schools, and one youth residential treatment center.

But another troubling trend remains: The percentage of K-3 students reading significantly below grade level jumped up and has stayed up.

The teachers will have their rent covered for a year starting in August.

Air conditioning, high school theater upgrades, and a new school in far northeast Denver are among the projects being recommended.

Los estudiantes que califican para obtener comidas escolares subsidiadas, un indicador de pobreza, también tienen mayor probabilidad de asistir a escuelas con menos estudiantes inscritos.

The policy says the superintendent should recommend schools identified for closure or consolidation by October, and the board should vote “no later than November.”

The new matrix comes more than a year after a shooting inside East High School and following state findings that DPS disproportionately suspends Black students with disabilities.

The board is expected to vote on the policy later this month.