Tools and Guidance

We are reorganizing our content to better serve you. Watch for our tools and resources to be moved to this page soon, organized by category.  

Program Planning

  • Achievement and Integration Plan Development Webinar  - 1/30/20
    This webinar describes the process, resources, and tools needed to develop, implement and monitor a district’s Achievement and Integration plan.
  • Achievement & Integration Needs Assessment - 1/30/20
    This webinar will describe how to use the Achievement and Integration Needs Assessment
  • Achievement and Integration Plan Guide  - 11/8/19
  • Achievement and Integration Plan Template  - 11/6/19
    Districts in the Achievement and Integration program will create their plans using this form and submit it to MDE for review by March 15, 2020. Functionality is best with a PC.
  • - 2/13/19
    The criteria listed here are requirements based on legislation and Minnesota's School Desegregation/Integration rules. Use this list when you create a new A&I plan or when you amend one that's been approved by MDE. It provides the basis for approving A&I plans.

Budgeting

View your school district’s carry over revenue amount. Click on the A&I FY 2020 Carry Over Amount link, then use the drop down boxes to pull up a file listing carry over amounts. 
  • For the Category box, choose ALL. 
  • For the Subcategory box, choose Achievement and Integration. 
  • For the Year, choose 2020. 
  • Click List Files. 
Open the Excel file and follow instructions on the first tab to pull up your district’s FY 2020 carry over amount. 

 

  • FY 2022 Achievement and Integration Budget  - 1/22/21
    Districts in the Achievement and Integration program should use this form to create a FY 2022 budget and submit it to MDE for review and approval by March 15, 2021.
  • - 10/27/20
    Please review this guidance for important information on how school districts’ FY 2020 A&I carryover amount will be calculated, how to use UFARS codes for this budget, and more. Expenditures need to align with A&I Budget Review Criteria.
  • FY 2020 Achievement and Integration Carryover Budget   - 9/10/20
    School districts in the Achievement and Integration (A&I) program with unexpended FY 2020 A&I revenue should use this budget workbook to propose expenditures for strategies in their district’s current MDE-approved A&I plan. Those strategies should be designed and implemented to increase integration and decrease academic disparities based on students’ race or economic background—the purpose of the program. Information on how to complete and submit that carryover budget is included in the Instructions tab of the workbook. Important additional details on how carryover amounts are calculated are included in the Achievement and Integration Carryover Guidance posted below.
  • Achievement and Integration Budget Guide  - 4/14/20
    Use this guide to help you create annual achievement and integration budgets. The budget guide includes Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs).
  • FY21 Achievement and Integration Budget Workbook  - 2/7/20
    Districts in the Achievement and Integration program will create a FY 2021 budget using this form and submit it to MDE for review and approval by March 15, 2020.
  • - 11/7/18
    The criteria listed here are requirements based on legislation and Minnesota's School Desegregation/Integration rules. Use this list when you create a new A&I budget or when you amend one that's been approved by MDE. It provides the basis for approving A&I budgets.

Progress Reporting and Improvement Planning

Achievement and Integration legislation indicates that at the end of the third year, the commissioner must determine if districts have met plan goals in their MDE approved plans.  In order to do this, each district is asked to annually submit an A&I progress report indicating whether or not each of their plan goals are on track or have been met.  Information submitted in the progress report will also be used to provide districts with ongoing support for their A&I efforts.  Districts that don’t meet plan goals after three years are to consult with MDE on improvement plans and use up to 20% of their annual A&I revenue to fund improvement strategies—strategies that will make it more likely for a district to meet their new A&I goals.

The A&I progress report is combined with the 2019-20 WBWF Summary Report.  All districts in the A&I program should use the online combined World’s Best Workforce and Achievement and Integration Summary Report which is due December 15, 2020.

  • - 1/29/21
    This Improvement Funding Guide walks you through the steps for adding Improvement Funding line items to your FY 2022 Achievement and Integration budget. If your district didn’t meet each of the goals in your last A&I plan, you’ll need to include improvement funding in each of your annual Achievement and Integration budgets until current plan goals are met.
  • - 1/28/21
    Use this guide with your leadership team to review your Achievement and Integration plan. Consider making adjustments to your goals, strategies, or key indicators of progress (KIPS) to increase the likelihood of realizing your plan’s intended results—reducing achievement disparities and increasing racial and economic integration for students—the reasons your district is in the Achievement and Integration program.