By Stace Keane
PEORIA, Ill. –The Peoria School Board is holding a special meeting Friday night to consider a huge increase in funding for a program aimed at increasing student achievement through behavioral support.
The ELITE program had received just over $300,000 from the school board to help run their Game Changers Program, which aimed at providing the tools to help students succeed in and out of the classroom.
Friday’s meeting has the Board considering increasing that funding to $624,000-funds that would come from the Safe Schools Grant and the Education Fund.
Those funds would allow the program to expand its reach, serving 50 Peoria School Students at a time, on a rotating basis.
In addition to the funds, the district would provide 1 certified teacher to assist with the program, which would also be covered under the Safe School Grant.
Friday’s meeting is set for 6 p.m.
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