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To help increase retention of new teachers, administrators, and counselors, Section 27h of the State School Aid Act authorized three separate grants totaling $50 million related to mentoring and induction: 1. **Mentoring Standards, Curriculum, and Professional Learning Creation Grant**: Awarded to Western Michigan University. 2.
**Program Evaluation Grant**: Awarded to American Institutes for Research. 3. **Mentoring and Induction District Support Grant**: Awarded to 121 districts.
View the complete list of awardees here: Section 27h Mentoring and Induction District Support Grant Awardees. Frequently Asked Questions * The second round of the Mentoring and Induction District Support Grant from Section 27h will open on June 15. The application may be found in NexSys as 27h Mentoring and Induction District Support 2026.
* The new Standards for Mentoring and Induction of New Teachers, School Counselors, and Administrators are now available on the Mentoring and Induction Standards webpage. ## Mentoring and Induction District Support Grant To provide up to $10 million per year over 5 years to districts to support mentoring and induction programming for teachers, administrators, and school counselors.
**Districts**: Intermediate school districts and local education agencies, including both traditional public schools and public school academies. * **Application Open**: June 15, 2026. * **Application Close**: July 20, 2026.
* **Second Round Awarded**: Tentatively October 2026. * **How to Apply**: Locate the 27h Mentoring and Induction District Support Grant 2026 under My Opportunities in NexSys. ### Mentoring and Induction District Support Grant Technical Assistance * Technical Assistance Document (PDF)") * Technical Assistance Video * Technical Assistance Presentation Slides (PDF)") * Thursday, June 18 | 9:00 a.
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| Login link: https://us06web. zoom. us/meeting/register/WfFwdRieTMynmqGLs7ygCA **NOTE**: Changes were made to statute in the FY26 State School Aid Act.
The most notable changes are removing school counselors and administrators from most activities. Administrators are still able to receive mentorship through partnering with professional education organization. The below information applies to the upcoming second round.
**Allowable Expenses for Teachers** * Stipends to mentors of teachers. * Training for mentor teachers. * Books, materials, professional learning expenses, and other resources necessary for mentoring and onboarding new teachers.
* Staffing costs to cover time spent by both new and mentor teachers dedicated to mentoring and onboarding rather than being in the classroom or performing other job duties. * Contracting with 1 or more established state professional organizations to provide mentoring services to school administrators. Only $3,000.
00 per administrator per year or the actual program cost, whichever is lesser, is allowed. Organizations must be selected from a department developed list. **Separate Administrator Allocation** * $1.
5 million of the $10 million is allocated to administrator mentoring. Grants under this subsection must be awarded in the amount of $3,000. 00 per eligible school administrator per year or the actual program cost, whichever is less.
If funding under this subsection is not sufficient to fully fund all eligible applicants, the department shall not prorate awards. If funding remains unspent under this subsection after grants to all eligible applicants have been awarded, the department may reallocate those funds to other approved mentoring activities under this section.
” * **Allowable Expense:** Contracting with 1 or more established state professional organizations to provide mentoring services to school administrators. Only $3,000. 00 per administrator per year or the actual program cost, whichever is lesser, is allowed.
* Organizations must be selected from a department-developed list: Approved Administrator Mentoring Providers"). * Organizations hoping to be added need to complete the Approved Provider Application Survey. The survey is closed for this round but will open prior to the next round.
* Full salaries for current or new full-time staff members. * Items that are supplanting existing activities and resources rather than supplementing. * **Benefits for Stipends**.
Office of Retirement Services has deemed the stipends as reportable income, so grant funds cannot be used to cover mandatory benefit costs related to stipends. NexSys will ask for an amount to be entered into benefits if an amount is entered into salaries. If the amount in salaries is tied to stipends, the amount entered in Benefits should be $0.
* Items budgeted beyond the timeline of the funds for this round (the year in which the award funds are received plus one additional year per section 18a). * School Counselors: Although the original statute included school counselors, the statute was changed in this year’s budget to no longer include school counselor mentoring.
* For administrators, stipends, books and materials, mentor training, professional learning, staffing costs are no longer allowable. * Direct questions about the grant application to MDE-EdWorkforceGrants@Michigan. gov. * Direct questions regarding NexSys access, email to MDE-NexSys-Applications@Michigan.
gov. ### First Round Grant Award * **Submitted applications**: Over 370 for more than $42 million. * **Awarded**: 121 districts and a total of $12,067,971. * **View awardees here**:Section 27h Mentoring and Induction District Support Grant Awardees.
## Mentoring Standards, Curriculum, and Professional Learning Creation Grant Section 27h(5) gives $500,000 to an intermediate school district or other educational entity to assist the Michigan Department of Education to create standards, curricula, and professional learning for mentors of teachers, administrators, and counselors.
* **Grant awarded:**June 2024 to Western Michigan University * **Public Comment for Standards**: November 13 – December 22, 2025. * **Standards Published**: April 16, 2026.
* **Professional Learning Modules Released**: TBA * View the Mentoring and Induction Standards ## Mentoring Program Evaluation Grant To award $500,000 to a qualified evaluation entity to evaluate mentoring and induction programming in Michigan, including providing recommendations to improve programming.
Awardee of this grant will gather and analyze baseline data from current mentoring and induction programs and then conduct an evaluation of mentoring and induction programs in Michigan after the implementation of the grants awarded per Section 27h. The final evaluation needs to include a recommendation on how to improve programs. * **Grant awarded:** October 2024 to American Institutes of Research (AIR).
* **Initial Evaluation Survey**: Released in December 2025.
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Public school districts and public school academies in Michigan. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
Mentoring and Induction District Support Grant - Section 27h is funded by Michigan Department of Education. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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