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UP School District plus 4 others statewide to better serve students, save money with $101M in grants

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LANSING – The Copper Country Intermediate School District is one of five in the state to share in over $101 million in grants to consolidate technology services. The district will receive $13,532,690 to centralize data storage, management, and analytics through the MiGreat Data Lake.

Superintendent James D. Rautiola of Copper Country ISD in Houghton County says the initiative will streamline and centralize the collection, analysis, and sharing of data related to students' academic, social, emotional, and behavioral well-being to better support the holistic development of every child.

The $101.6 million in state funding comes from Section 12c school consolidation and infrastructure dollars in the 2023-24 school aid act approved by the legislature and signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

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