North State Aspire Academy, a small high-poverty Community Day School within Cascade Union ESD, receives Equity Multiplier funding and has a focus goal to raise attendance and lower suspensions by spring 2027. 3% suspensions, with actions including attendance recovery, incentives for being on time, 2 FTE instructional aides per classroom, embedded SEL curricula (Second Step, Superflex), and continued counselor and school psychologist support. Equity Multiplier funds are specifically targeted to reducing behavior incidents and increasing engagement at this site.Providers of alternative education programming, SEL curricula, behavior intervention, and attendance solutions can support the school as it refines and implements these strategies over the next two years. There is room for services such as tailored SEL content, trauma-informed classroom management PD, attendance incentive design, and data tools that help staff monitor progress toward the equity-multiplier goal and meet Dashboard and differentiated assistance expectations.

Equity Multiplier funding is contingent on instability and low-income rates, not immediate outcome gains, but the district is under pressure to reduce chronic absenteeism and suspensions at this site.